Priorities of Security: an overview

Julia Mactear, a Legal Director in FSP’s Property Litigation department, provides an insight into the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 (“the Regulations”).

Mark Banham, Associate in the Property Litigation team, provides an update on commercial rent arrears recovery (CRAR) and the latest press release from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government relating to a new and imminent code of practice for landlords and tenants.

**Updated 27 April** Mark Banham, head of the property litigation team, provides an update on new Government measures aiming to protect commercial tenants on the high street from landlords seeking to recover rent arrears by serving a statutory demand, filing a winding up petition or by using the Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR) procedure.

Mark Banham, Associate in the property litigation team provides an update on the measures put in place by the Government and the Judiciary to protect commercial tenants from forfeiture and possession proceedings up to 30 June 2020.

Mark Banham, Associate in the property litigation department considers the government’s decision to extend the moratorium on possession action to commercial tenants.

Did you know that the law on no-fault evictions could be changing soon? Do you need to get your property back this year? You may wish to act now.

In a recent County Court case, Neocleous v Rees [2019] EWHC 2462 (Ch), the court considered for the first time whether a land contract could be signed electronically.

Mark Banham gives a summary of the new ban on tenants’ fees under the Tenants Fees Act 2019.

Julia Mactear of our property disputes team reviews the locally and nationally significant case of The Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v (1) Millgate Developments Limited and (2) Housing Solutions Limited. This case is an important Court of Appeal decision which examines whether a developer can apply to retrospectively modify restrictive covenants post development, on public interest grounds under s.84 Law of Property Act 1925.

Mark Banham, Associate in the Property Litigation team, explains the key features of a company voluntary arrangement (“CVA”) and considers the advantages and disadvantages of CVA’s and the tension that CVA’s often create between landlords and tenants.