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New legislative changes for the private rented sector: what you need to know
Posted: 16/12/2022
The fairer private rented sector white paper published on 16 June 2022 promises to bring into force some of the biggest legislative changes to residential tenancies in over 30 years. Landlords operating in the private rented sector (PRS) need to take heed as these changes will greatly affect how landlords need to manage their assured shorthold tenancy......>>
Arrears, eviction and enforcement: where are we now?
Posted: 03/03/2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has been with us now for over 12 months. At the time of writing, we are part way through the third national lockdown. The Government has indicated that schools should start reopening on 8 March 2021, but there is no indication of when non-essential retail will reopen or when the directive to work from home...…>>
Further extension to evictions of residential tenants
Posted: 22/01/2021
On 11 January 2021, the Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) Regulations 2021 (the 2021 Regulations) came into force. These added yet another layer of legislation to further protect tenants from being evicted in certain circumstances and create additional hurdles for a landlord to overcome to secure possession of a property...…>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper named in UK litigation top 50 report
Posted: 16/10/2020
The high quality and broad range of Pennington Manches Cooper’s litigation expertise has been recognised in this year’s edition of The Lawyer UK Litigation 50, which positions the firm at 38 in the list of top 50 litigation law firms......>>
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 and the commercial lease
Posted: 25/09/2020
Following yesterday’s announcement that a number of the temporary measures brought in by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (CIGA) to ease pressures on companies most at risk of insolvency during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis are to be extended, we look here at some of the key questions...…>>
23 August 2020 – eviction day?
Posted: 18/08/2020
On 23 August 2020, the new Practice Direction 55C supplementing the Civil Procedure Rules comes into force. Although there has been some reporting in the national press about 23 August 2020 becoming known as ‘eviction day’, that is not, strictly speaking, true...…>>
(Finally some) good news for landlords – failure to provide a valid gas safety certificate at the commencement of a tenancy is no longer a barrier to serving section 21 notices
Posted: 23/06/2020
Last week the Court of Appeal handed down a much anticipated judgment in the case of Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield [2020] EWCA Civ which will give residential landlords some welcome respite from the already heavily regulated lettings sector......>>
Covid-19: update on collection of commercial rents
Posted: 06/05/2020
The Government has already taken steps to prevent landlords of commercial premises in England and Wales from forfeiting leases for arrears of rent. This restriction presently lasts until 30 June 2020, but may be extended...…>>
Three month eviction ban – a Q&A for landlords
Posted: 20/03/2020
The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to sweep through the economy. Hard on the heels of the latest Government bailout on Tuesday and due to increasing political pressure, the Prime Minister announced that emergency legislation will be......>>

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