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.”
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 aim is to remove the uncertainty around completing property transactions using new
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 ‘Lawyer Assured Information (LAI). The
Lillee Reid-Hunt, Associate (New Zealand Qualified), consider the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2020] UKUT 282 (LC). The decision provides useful guidance on what site providers and operators can expect from the terms of an imposed Code agreement, especially in relation to upgrading and sharing of equipment and ballpark consideration and
Break clauses are like break ups; some are messy, some are clear cut, some blatantly favour one party over the other, and some are so convoluted that neither party knows where they stand when the time comes to call it quits. A well-drafted break clause should be concise and specify exactly what actions need to be taken by each party
Were the initial anxieties of public and private sector landowners about the Electronic Communications Code justified? James Nelson, Lillee Reid-Hunt and Nicholas Grundy QC examine its impact.
The fundamental provisions of the new Electronic Communications Code (“New Code”) came into force following the passing of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (“DEA17”). The New Code grants telecoms operators statutory rights to
