Commercial rent arrears: paid or delayed?

The post below was first published on our Real Estate Development blog Landlords of commercial premises have, quite understandably, been awaiting further details of the UK Government’s anticipated “binding arbitration” scheme for rent arrears which have accrued during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. Happily for landlords and developers, a recent decision in the High … Read more

Residential Leasehold up for grabs – change is coming, get ready!

The post below was first published on our Real Estate Development blog The report of the Parliamentary committee on residential leasehold reform has been published containing strong recommendations, many of them radical, and some where it is not at all clear how they could work in practice.  Nevertheless, this is likely to be the future … Read more