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Civil way: 24 April 2026

One week to go; new FPR PD update; control of Goods changes; service charge escape

DWELLING ON RENTAL RIGHTS

We’re under starter’s orders for the first phase of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (RRA 2025) which hits on 1 May 2026, when the subordinate legislation we look at below will take effect. Second commencement regulations (SI 2026/421) next time.

Forms, Forms, Forms Six forms actually, which are prescribed by SI 2026/354 with five of them scheduled. They are all updates from SI 2015/620 which is revoked for private assured tenancies. The updated forms are labelled with an A suffix to distinguish them from those which survive for the social sector, so we have 1A (notice proposing different terms for tenancy arising on succession), 2A (application referring a 1A notice to tribunal), 4A (notice proposing new rent), 5A (notice proposing new rent or licence fee under agricultural occupancy) and 9A (notice proposing assured tenancy where assured agricultural occupancy conditions met). The hitherto chart-topping notice seeking

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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