New statutory obligations for public venues: The legal requirements of Martyn’s Law
16 April 2025
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13 March 2025
In property transactions, buyers typically submit pre-contract enquiries to gain essential information about the property or land prior to contract (e.g. to purchase or lease land or property). These enquiries cover various aspects, for example querying whether third parties have rights over the land in question. While sellers are not legally obliged under common law…
Read more9 January 2025
The decision of Jervis v Harris [1996] Ch.195 (“Jervis“) established a key precedent, providing commercial landlords with a common law mechanism to enforce tenants’ repairing obligations under their leases. The case The dispute in Jervis concerned a tenant who was obligated under the terms of the lease to keep their premises in “good tenantable repair…
Read more23 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 more26 August 2022
“Cross-class cram down” – an alliterative term coined in the United States which has found its way into English legalese. It refers to a new power introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (inserted into Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006) which can be exercised in the event of a proposed company…
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