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 Covid-19 Read moreJoe 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 Read moreAndrew Walker QC explores why there may now be little time for the voluntary re-scheduling of lease payments due on and after the June 2020 quarter day. Click here to read the article.
22nd Jun 2020 Publications Read morePaul De La Piquerie provides practical guidance on how to use section 49 of the Law of Property Act 1925 to compel reluctant vendors and purchasers of property to comply with their contractual obligations. Click here to read the article.
16th Jun 2020 Publications Read moreRichard Fowler provides comprehensive guidance on the arsenal available to property litigators during the pandemic . Click here to read the article. This is an update of the article previously published in April – click here to read the previous article.
19th May 2020 Covid-19 Read moreThomas Rothwell and Fern Schofield consider the practical impact Covid-19 legislation is having for injunctions restraining trespass and possession claims. Click here to read the article.
19th May 2020 Publications Read moreCecily Crampin and Julia Petrenko provide a useful update on possession claims in the times of the pandemic. Click here to read the article.
19th May 2020 Publications Read moreSimon Allison and Brooke Lyne consider the question “Where the leases to flats in a block contain enforcement covenants requiring the landlord to enforce covenants at the request and cost of any other lessees, is the landlord entitled to grant a licence to a lessee to do something which is the subject of an absolute […]
19th May 2020 Publications Read moreMany tenant businesses will sadly fail during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic and a recession is likely to follow. Many workers who have set up a home office will continue to work from home. All these factors will reduce the demand for commercial space. This is bad news for landlords as it means that […]
19th May 2020 Covid-19 Read moreTristan Salter and Tiernan Fitzgibbon consider the recent decision of Signature Living Hotel Limited v (1) Sulyok & (2) Cocarla [2020] EWHC 257 (Ch). Click here to read the article.
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