The Law Reform Committee of the PLA has responded on behalf of its members to the Law Commission’s consultation on generating ideas for the Commission’s 14th Programme of Law Reform. Click here for the PLA’s response and here for the PLA Survey results
13th Sep 2021 Consultations Read moreClick here for the PLA response on commercial rents and Covid 19: a call for evidence
10th May 2021 Consultations Read moreThe Scottish Government is consulting on the future of the Land Court and Lands Tribunal and in particular the proposed amalgamation thereof and on four administrative issues related to those bodies. The consultation can be found here- https://www.gov.scot/publications/consultation-future-land-court-lands-tribunal/ The closing date is 19th October 2020; we would encourage all of the PLA’s Scottish members to […]
7th Sep 2020 Consultations Read moreClick here to read the report.
17th Jul 2020 Consultations Read moreIn 2018 the Ministry of Communities and Local Government conducted a consultation to establish the effectiveness of the powers of the police and local authorities in relation to unauthorised developments and encampments. The response to that consultation signalled clear calls for the Government to improve enforcement against unauthorised encampments. In response, the Government announced that […]
14th Feb 2020 Consultations Read moreThe Property Standardisation Group have just published the latest version of the PSG Leases based on the latest version (1.4 a) of the Model Commercial Leases. Whilst completing the lease project they have also produced an offer to grant a lease for use with the PSG Leases (attached- with guidance note). The offer to grant […]
18th Nov 2019 Consultations Read moreFollowing the voluntary Capped Costs Pilot which commenced in certain Business and Property Courts on 14 January 2019, earlier this year MOJ launched a consultation in relation to extending the use of Fixed Recoverable Cases (FRC) in Civil Cases. This follows recommendations made in Sir Rupert Jackson’s Supplemental Report on FRCs in July 2017. The consultation sought interested parties’ views […]
13th Sep 2019 Consultations Read moreThe PLA is one of the PSG’s consultees and to that end have been approached by the PSG for comments on the PSG’s draft Scottish Common Auction Conditions (SCAC) and guidance notes attached – prior to 6 September 2019. Background The PSG has been monitoring the increasing popularity of sales by auction, and, in tandem […]
17th Aug 2019 Consultations Read moreTwo members of the Property Litigation Association’s law reform committee – Thekla Fellas, partner at Eversheds Sutherland, and Emily Wood, partner at DMH Stallard, outline the PLA’s comprehensive responses to the Law Commission’s leasehold reform project. Fellas and Wood discuss each of the three consultations that comprise the project: leasehold enfranchisement; the right to manage; […]
16th Jun 2019 Consultations Read moreFollowing the voluntary Capped Costs Pilot which commenced in certain Business and Property Courts on 14 January 2019, MOJ has launched a consultation in relation to extending the use of Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) in Civil Cases. This follows recommendations made in Sir Rupert Jackson’s Supplemental Report on FRCs in July 2017. The consultation is […]
17th May 2019 Consultations Read more