Lockdown lowdown on Rent and other sums due by non-paying Tenants
Rent in a lease of business premises typically falls due on the usual quarter days: 25 March, 24 June, 29 September and 25 December. In Q1 of this year, on average only 48.2% of rent
Covid-19: The Coronavirus Act 2020 – Property and Construction
Property During these unprecedented times, the Government has stepped in to provide some much -needed reassurance to both residential and business tenants. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (the “Act”)
Landowners: beware the telecoms mast!
Landowners have, historically, enjoyed considerable rental income when permitting telecommunications providers to put mobile phone masts on their land. With the introduction of new legislation in the
All’s fair in law and flexible tenancies
The Localism Act 2011 (“Act”) is into its eight year. A tool, with which it was heralded could be used by those able to wield its power, to hurry up change. Hurry up change in
Government legislates to ban Letting Agent Fees and Damp Houses: All change in 2019 for Residential Landlords
For landlords of residential properties, 2019 is gearing-up to be a year where the balance of power between the landlord and the tenant, shifts. Until recent times, much of the power lay with a
The road to Redevelopment is paved with Unconditional Intentions
Supreme Court rules a landlord’s intention to redevelop must be ‘unconditional’, if it is to bring a protected business tenancy to an end. Background The case of S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish
