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 News Read moreBryan 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 News Read moreThe 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 Read moreAlastair 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 News Read moreJoanne Wicks QC and Benjamin Faulkner of Wilberforce Chambers recently acted for the successful tenant in S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel, arguably the most important landlord and tenant case for decades. In this article, Joanne and Ben summarise the facts of this case, what it means for the operation of ground (f) and […]
7th Jan 2019 News Read moreAt the recent dinner of the PLA at the Ironmonger’s Hall in November 2018, I was asked to give my assessment from a judicial perspective of the work of the PLA. I have now been asked to record in this blog some of the things I then said. I am happy to do so. […]
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