Law Commission consultation events relating to: Reinvigorating commonhold: the alternative to leasehold ownership There will be a Law Commission consultation event in Newcastle on Monday 4 March, to be held at Northumbria University. The date for the consultation event in Cardiff has had to be moved. This will now be held one week later than […]
13th Feb 2019
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From 25th February 2019, Electronic Filing in the Business and Property Court is being expanded to apply to all Courts outside London and that from 30 April 2019, professional users of the Court will be required to issue all new proceedings by electronic filing through CE-File. In addition, they will also be required to electronically […]
13th Feb 2019
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Slides from the Case Law Update (Scotland) event held in Pinsent Masons – Edinburgh on 31st January 2019 can be found by clicking on the following links: Prescription 2018 Act and Case Law Update – Andrew McKinlay Case Law Update – Property Litigation Association – Ewen D Brown
7th Feb 2019
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Following putting her case to the recent PLA/PBA joint panel event, 2019 – The Year of the Disruptor?, Emma Humphreys, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, explains to Jess Harold at the Estates Gazette why she thinks the new Electronic Communications Code is going to be one of the biggest disruptors of 2019. Read more
4th Feb 2019
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Well over 100 PLA and PBA members attended the joint event on Wednesday 23rd January, where leading property professionals discussed the key property trends; laws and economic challenges that are set to disrupt the market in 2019. A hot topic of debate between the panellists and the audience was the impact of the new Electronic […]
24th Jan 2019
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Read the PLA Scotland’s response to the Scottish Law Commission’s discussion paper on Aspects of Leases: Termination here.
23rd Jan 2019
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Read PLA Scotland’s response to the Scottish Law Commission’s DISCUSSION PAPER ON SECTION 53 OF THE TITLE CONDITIONS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003 here.
23rd Jan 2019
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Bryan Johnston on the PLA’s drive to reform property law By Mitchell Labiak Property Week Thu 10 January 2019 The head of the PLA talks about legal change, the organisation’s lobbying power and the impact of Brexit “We must be relentless in our pursuit of law reform,” the Dentons partner said at last year’s annual PLA […]
11th Jan 2019
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The Law Commission Consultation Paper 238 Leasehold Home Ownership: Buying your freehold or extending your lease – to read the PLA response click here
10th Jan 2019
Consultations
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Alastair Redpath-Stevens of Hardwicke considers HHJ Huskinson’s decision in Stemp and anor v 6 Ladbroke Gardens Management Ltd. This was an appeal to the Upper Tribunal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) that the Stemps should pay an administration charge in relation to costs incurred by the respondent in contemplation […]
8th Jan 2019
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