There is a faint light at the end of the COVID tunnel for commercial landlords regarding timings and the ability to recover unpaid rent arrears. The...
18th Jun 2021 Read moreHotel, motel, a new model is in. Before we get started, let's look at how hotels are (broadly) operated: A landlord will either lease a hotel to an...
18th Jun 2021 Read moreIn this guest post my colleague Danny Whittle offers his thoughts on the Secretary of State’s decision to grant consent to reignite the furnace at the...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreThe moratorium on landlords evicting commercial tenants has been extended by a longer period than many had expected, to March 2022. Landlords and...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreLandlords and tenants of commercial property have spent many months wondering what the rent recovery landscape would like after the planned unlocking...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreThe embargo on evicting or winding up companies who have failed to pay their rent has been in place for a while and was due to remain in place until...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreIn a move which has shocked the property industry, the government has extended the ban on commercial lease forfeiture again, this time for a further...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreRestrictions preventing eviction of commercial tenants for non-payment of rent will remain in place until 25 March 2022, the UK government...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreThe restrictions on filing statutory demands and winding up petitions has been extended (again) until the end of September 2021. At the same time, the...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreThe commercial rent moratorium was due to come to an end on 30 June 2021 - see previous alerts: Many businesses, particularly travel and hospitality...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreYesterday the UK government announced that the existing measures in place to protect commercial tenants from forfeiture, alongside the restrictions on...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreAre you a residential property developer operating in the UK? Do you enjoy annual profits exceeding 25 million (group-wide)? If so, you will be...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreProposals for simplification could mean a radical overhaul of the VAT exemption for land and property and those impacted by the changes should engage...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreThe government is to extend its support for commercial tenants by extending the restrictions on commercial landlords' ability to take enforcement...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreThe UK Government has announced a further extension to certain protective measures for businesses which are currently in place in response to the...
17th Jun 2021 Read moreA rent repayment order is an order made by the First-tier Tribunal requiring a landlord to pay back up to one year’s rent. Tenants (or local...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreAs the measures in the UK designed to protect businesses from insolvency draw to an end, what guidance can be taken from Australia where similar...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreThere has been much debate in recent years around the use made of certain UK restructuring tools - the company voluntary arrangement and, more...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreThe commercial rent moratorium due to end this month has now been extended until 25 March 2022, to help protect businesses still struggling as a...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreToday (16 June 2021) the UK government announced a further extension of some (but not all) of the temporary measures first introduced by the...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreThe recent Government announcement to review how heritage planning applications are considered and defended has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreThe Government has today announced certain extensions to insolvency measures supporting businesses during the pandemic. For tenants, the forfeiture...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreForfeiture: commercial leases At the eleventh hour, and despite previously declaring that it was the final extension, the UK Government has today...
16th Jun 2021 Read moreOn 28 May 2021 Homes England published new model leases that apply to shared ownership developments that are delivered through Homes England’s...
15th Jun 2021 Read moreBernardine Adkins, the Head of EU, Trade and Competition gave an overview of what the Brexit deal - the Trade and Cooperation Agreement - means for...
15th Jun 2021 Read moreRecent reports suggest that High Court applications for CVAs or administrations have increased since April, with a marked rise in medium-to-large...
15th Jun 2021 Read moreCVA challenges have been in the spotlight recently and the story continues with Nero Holdings Ltd v Young in which the court considered an...
15th Jun 2021 Read moreWith the UK’s net-zero carbon emissions target only 30 years away, registered providers (RPs) are facing a range of challenges that will each require...
15th Jun 2021 Read moreEffective since 1 January 2019, CPR Practice Direction 51U introduced a pilot scheme (the “Pilot Scheme”) changing the operation of disclosure in...
15th Jun 2021 Read moreWhen contemplating the future, unpredictability comes to mind and it is fair to say that in a COVID-19 world the ability to forecast the future has...
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