Keeping It Real Estate, published by Hogan Lovells, focuses on legal developments and regulatory changes affecting real estate in England and Wales. The blog covers topics such as leasehold reform and lease extension rights, commonhold ownership structures, energy efficiency standards and sustainability initiatives in buildings, community infrastructure levy (CIL) regulations and appeals, and tax disclosure rules impacting cross-border real estate transactions. It provides updates on government policies, legislative reforms, and practical implications for property owners, developers, investors, and legal practitioners involved in real estate matters.
In Bella Italia Restaurants Limited v Stane Park Limited, Bella Italia had entered into a conditional agreement for lease with its prospective landlord, the Trustees of the Churchmanor Pension Scheme.
As you would expect, the agreement contained a right for…
The real estate sector will welcome the stability, at least in the short term, that such a decisive election result brings. Jackie Newstead, our Global Head of Real Estate, predicts a post-election bounce in investment following a return of confidence…
In an earlier blog we discussed the High Court decision in the case of Thirunavukkrasu v Brar & Brar. The High Court confirmed that taking action pursuant to the Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery regime (CRAR) would amount to a waiver…
A second case has been decided by the Court of Appeal under the 2017 Electronic Communications Code (the “Code”). The Court upheld the decision of the Upper Tribunal that an approved operator under the Code has a right to access…
The Upper Tribunal has considered for the first time the relationship between the new Electronic Communications Code and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, ruling that an operator in occupation under a lease protected by the 1954 Act is not…
Property cases do not often make it all the way to the Supreme Court, let alone cases relating to a landord’s refusal of consent under a lease. For that reason alone, the Supreme Court Justices’ decision in the case of…
The old saying goes “if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile”, but the Court of Appeal has reaffirmed that an independent expert appointed by parties to make a binding determination in relation to their dispute is not…
On 15 October, the government published a consultation on tightening minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for commercial properties.
Click here for a copy of the consultation. Responses must be submitted by 7 January 2020 and we strongly encourage all interested…
If someone’s land is compulsorily acquired to deliver a public benefit, it is accepted that they should receive fair compensation. But what that “fair compensation” equates to, is far from straight forward.
How is compensation calculated?
The principle of equivalence…
In the second of our series on compulsory purchase, we turn to what you should do if your property is at risk of compulsory acquisition.
The first thing to do is brace yourself – the process is long, often slow…
