Cecily Crampin and Julia Petrenko consider the implications of Marshall (acting by Mehmet Arkin as fixed charge receiver) v Marshall & Another[2020] EWCA Civ 620 in which the Court of Appeal dismissed the challenges made to Practice Direction PD 51Z and confirmed that the stay applies even to directions agreed by the parties, though the […]
2nd Jul 2020
Covid-19
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Camilla Chorfi summarises the recent decision in Re: A Company (Injunction to Restrain Presentation of Petition) [2020] EWHC 1406 (Ch) in which the Court granted an urgent ex parte application to restrain the presentation of a winding up petition by a landlord of a high street retailer. Click here to read the article.
2nd Jul 2020
Covid-19
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Martin Dray discusses Rees v 82 Portland Place Investments LLP [2020] EWHC 1177 (Ch), which shows that there is no guarantee that an innocent party who loses out by reason of a Land Registry mistake will prevail in securing rectification of the register in its favour. Everything may boil down to whether it is positively […]
2nd Jul 2020
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Imogen Dodds provides an update on Bromford Housing Association Limited v Nightingale [2020] EWHC 532 (QB) in which the High Court considered the circumstances in which it will be appropriate to lift the stay imposed by PD51Z in order to hand down judgment. Click here to read the article.
2nd Jul 2020
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Tricia Hemans considers the Law Society’s recent guidance in relation to virtual execution of documents and the use of e-signatures. Click here to read the article.
2nd Jul 2020
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Anthony Tanney analyses the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Arkin v. Marshall [2020] EWCA 620 (Civ): A claim by receivers against mortgagors for possession of the mortgaged property. The issue for the Court of Appeal concerned the effect on those proceedings of the stay imposed by the emergency coronavirus practice direction, PD51Z. Click here […]
2nd Jul 2020
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Joe Ollech discusses the voluntary set of principles set out in the government’s new Code of Practice introduced in light of the Pandemic. Click here to read the article.
2nd Jul 2020
Covid-19
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We would like to invite you to provide feedback on your experience of using the County Courts, so that we can collate evidence of current issues with the County Courts for the purpose of an upcoming meeting with HMCTS to discuss County Court user experience. We have prepared a survey comprising 15 short questions, and […]
1st Jul 2020
Law Reform Committee
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Geraint Wheatley and Matthew Hall’s webinar, “1954 ACT LEASE RENEWALS – How the Court Decides the Terms of the New Lease” was held via Zoom on 10 June 2020. Click here for a PDF version of Geraint and Matthew’s slides and detailed handouts. A link to the recording can also be found here: https://lnkd.in/gVvuGB4. If you […]
19th Jun 2020
News
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Following the issues raised by the PLA and PBA in a joint letter to the Master of the Rolls (click here to read the letter), Practice Direction 51Z – Stay of Possession Proceedings and Extension of Time Limits – Coronavirus was amended on 20 April 2020 to permit, amongst other things, claims to proceed against […]
18th Jun 2020
Law Reform Committee
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