Persistence paid off for PLA member Lucie Barnes who has won this year’s Alan Langleben Memorial Blog Competition with her lively entry on the Telecoms Code. Lucie, a senior associate at Brodies in Glasgow, came second two years ago. This year’s event replaced the 1,500-word essay format with a 500-word blog, more in keeping with […]
27th Apr 2021 News Read moreScott Styles of Aberdeen University and Neale Tosh of Axiom Advocates discuss the impact of lockdown on leases. Click below for the slides: The impact of lockdown on leases Frustrations of contract
9th Apr 2021 Conference Papers Read moreDear Members The Law Reform Committee will be conducting a series of surveys in the next few months. Whilst most of these will be in relation to the Law Commission’s 14th Program the first one is in response to the Government Consultation – Commercial Rents and Covid-1 Call for Evidence. The deadline for responses is […]
9th Apr 2021 Law Reform Committee Read moreWith all the changes impacting residential possession proceedings over the last year it has become a hot topic with everyone reaching for their crystal balls to see what the new “normal” will look like as the stay cannot be extended indefinitely! With that in mind, last Thursday saw the JPLA invite one of the Association’s […]
23rd Mar 2021 Blogs Read moreWatch the webinar The PBA joined forces with guests from the PLA on 17 March 2021 via Zoom to envision what the future might have in store for property litigation. Our panellists reviewed what the pandemic brought to the world of property law in 2020, and debate what may be yet to come. Chaired by […]
20th Mar 2021 News Read moreBelow is an email from Chief Master Marsh in which he sets out the system employed in the High Court for dealing with high value rent claims. You will note that as a result of a very significant level of uncontested claims they will be transferred to the Central London County Court unless you advise […]
19th Feb 2021 Law Reform Committee Read moreYou might think that in the midst of a pandemic and with the dust not yet settled from our departure from the EU, property reform would be languishing low on the government’s list of priorities. Only a few days into 2021, however, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, announced that around 4 million leaseholders would be given […]
2nd Feb 2021 News Read morePLA member Tom Dobson has won first prize in the Alan Langleben Memorial Essay Competition 2020 with his entry exploring the impact of the Supreme Court’s important decision in S Franses Ltd v Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd and, in addition to winning £1,000 cash, had his essay published in the Estates Gazette. The competition posed the […]
22nd Jan 2021 News Read moreSadly we were unable to proceed as planned with Part 3 of the Autumn Trilogy tomorrow due to the Tier 3 restrictions in London which have once again closed 1 Wimpole Street. We know that members were looking forward to the event and, in particular, having the opportunity for a live Q&A session with Judge […]
23rd Dec 2020 News Read moreGary Lawrenson, newly appointed chair of the PLA, has been profiled in New Law Journal, in which he covers such diverse topics as his biggest career challenge, inspirational lawyers and the best way to relax. Click here to read the article.
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