Landlord&tenant

The Property Litigation Association (PLA) has responded to the government consultation on the best way to withdraw or replace the moratorium on commercial lease evictions and restrictions on the use of Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery, in light of England easing out of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions. 

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that it is extending the ban on commercial evictions to 30 June 2021, while the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions and the requirement to provide a six-month notice period to tenants before eviction have been extended until at least 31 May 2021 as a result of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Writing in NLJ this week, David Renton examines the current status of the eviction ban, and revisits the government’s promised—but as yet undelivered—reforms to the landlord and tenant sector.

David Renton reports on the current status of the evictions ban & the growing pressure on government to act on its promises of housing law reform

Anthony Tanney & Catherine Taskis assess some of the broader questions regarding frustration of leases & examine where the law might go next

A consultation on amending the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 has been launched by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Tenants will be protected from eviction until 11 January 2021, at the earliest, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said

The Supreme Court has clarified the meaning of ‘public interest’ in a case where a housing company built on land adjoining a children’s hospice, in breach of restrictive covenants

Peter Robinson analyses the government’s extension of moratorium on eviction