Property

The Property Litigation Association (PLA) and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have teamed up to launch a new mediation service aimed at helping neighbours resolve property boundary disputes without resorting to court action. 

Mark Pawlowski considers whether English law recognises property rights in a dead body or bodily parts

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 Law Society has published a response from its Conveyancing and Land Law Committee and the City of London Law Society’s Land Law Committee on the proposed changes to the Electronic Communications Code. 

HMRC has published new guidance on when and how non-UK resident purchasers of property in England and Northern Ireland can apply for a repayment of Stamp Duty Land Tax from 1 April 2021.

Post-Maymask, Cecily Crampin & Tricia Hemans consider the effect of mortgage receivership on company directors’ powers to deal with property

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

Mark Pawlowski looks at some unusual aspects of leasehold law

Proposals for enforcing breaches of the Commonhold Community Statement, outlined by Ryan Kohli

The Law Society of England and Wales has published its response to the Spring Budget 2021, in which it welcomed the fact that the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday will not be abruptly brought to an end and that the government implemented one of the solutions the Law Society had suggested in relation to the problem of ending the SLDT holiday on 31 March 2021