PLA response to Law Commission consultation paper “Updating the Land Registration Act 2002” The Property Litigation Association (PLA) is a members’ association for professionals specialising in all aspects of commercial, residential and agricultural property litigation. We are lawyers who come from a variety of firms in terms of size and location. The PLA consists of […]
1st Jul 2016 Consultations Read moreExecutive Summary The Landlord and Tenant Covenants Act 1995 is an impediment to parties: intending for a guarantor of a lease to guarantee an assignee of the same lease; intending for a guarantor of a lease to be the assignee of the lease; seeking to perform an intra-group restructuring; dealing with transfers between business partners. […]
1st May 2016 Consultations Read moreIn July 2015, the Civil Justice Council set up a working party to consider whether there were advantages in deploying the judiciary in a flexible manner to ensure that all issues in dispute in property cases are dealt with in one forum.1 The distribution of housing, landlord and tenant, property and land registration cases (“property […]
1st May 2016 Consultations Read moreThis response has been prepared by the Property Litigation Association (“the Association”). The Association consists of approximately 1,200 members who spend a substantial amount of their time engaged in property related dispute resolution. The Association’s members deal with commercial as well as residential property disputes. The Review is a major piece of work and the […]
29th Feb 2016 Consultations Read moreClick on the link to download the report. PLA Court Users Report – FINAL – Nov 2015 Increased jurisdiction, increased fees, cutbacks and closures. The report, commissioned by the PLA and based on feedback from PLA members on the state of the county courts, highlights declining service standards in an increasingly difficult operating environment. The […]
8th Dec 2015 Consultations Read moreIntroduction The Civil Courts Structure Review was commissioned by the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in July 2015. Its Terms of Reference are as follows: To carry out a review of the structure by which the Civil Courts (namely the County Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal) provide the State’s service for the resolution of civil disputes in England […]
1st Dec 2015 Consultations Read morePLA Court Users Report 2015 – FINAL
30th Nov 2015 Consultations Read moreDo you agree with the proposals? What overall comments would you like to make on the proposals? The PLA is not averse to change. We fully understand the financial reasons which have given rise to the proposal. However, what is of concern is to ensure that, if the proposal is put into effect, the service that the courts provide is […]
1st Oct 2015 Consultations Read moreDo you agree with the proposal to raise the maximum fee for starting proceedings for the recovery of money from £10,000? No, the PLA strongly disagrees. As has been made clear in previous consultation responses, the PLA does not necessarily in principle object to enhanced fees, provided that: the fees are “back loaded” not “front […]
2nd Aug 2015 Consultations Read moreCompleted on behalf of the Property Litigation Association (PLA). The Property Litigation Association (PLA) responds to the consultation on the Shorter and Earlier Trial Procedures Initiative as set out below in our comments in red on the draft Practice Direction. PLA members specialise in all aspects of property litigation including commercial, residential and agricultural property […]
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