Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill: major reform on the way for leaseholders
28 January 2026
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23 May 2024
In March 2023 the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities asked the Law Commission to carry out a review of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 as part of its Anti-Social Behaviour Plan to “revitalise high streets and town centres, creating thriving spaces which landlords, businesses and communities choose to invest in and use.”…
Read more9 May 2024
The Law Society proposes to introduce a new code in 2024 for signing and exchanging property contracts. The current protocols will be replaced with:- The Immediate Exchange Protocol 2024 (replaces formulae A and B). Release of Contracts Protocol 2024 (replaces formula C). Hold to Order Protocol 2024 The aim is to remove the uncertainty around…
Read more30 April 2024
HM Land Registry is aiming to have no applications older than 12 months by Spring 2024. To support this goal the LR is trialing incorporating increased automation to improve their processes. Updating registered titles is said to makeup the majority of caseworkers’ work and one method that they are exploring to tackle this is called…
Read more2 November 2023
The decision in Enterprise Hangars Ltd v Fareham Borough Council [2023], has reaffirmed that planning authorities should not invoke their rights as private landowners to stifle planning applications. The judgement by the High Court emphasised that planning decisions should be made purely based on planning considerations. Considerations of the defendant local authority as landowner should…
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