The first reported decision on tenant liability to pay rent during the Covid pandemic has been published.  In Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft v TFS Stores Limited (2021) the...

The UK Government calls for evidence to answer the all-important question; what should happen after 30 June 2021? Have your say on how to deal with the rent arrears build-up  ...

An article by Retail Gazette at the beginning of 2021 questioned whether ‘turnover rent has become the new future for retail’ and suggested the traditional lease model is...

Amidst our efforts to achieve net zero by 2050 (2045 for Scotland), the recent announcement of the scrapping of the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme does not breed confidence that...

Forfeiture The Coronavirus Act 2020 ("the Act") became law on 25 March 2020.  Section 82 of the Act contains a moratorium on landlords' ability to forfeit leases of commercial...

On 17 July 2020, we published an article on the introduction of the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 (the "Regulations"). ...

On 7 January 2021 in a widely reported press release issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced...

Capitol Park Leeds plc v Global Radio Services Limited Not another case involving a disputed break clause in a commercial lease?  Yes, although this one comes with a twist, which...

Newly built houses in the UK are getting smaller, this is an indisputable fact. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, it is also the case that we have...

On 17 January 2020 we published an article on the introduction of Form EWS1 which was introduced to provide certainty and clarity post Grenfell on the make-up of external wall...

The stay on possession proceedings has finally been lifted, however, the process is now longer and more complex that it was before the stay began. The Court has brought in...

In August, the Government issued a consultation paper entitled ‘Transparency and competition: A call for evidence on data on land control’ . The final date for submission of...

  After a long six months, the stay on possession proceedings has finally been lifted. However, this does not mean an immediate return to normality. Instead, there are yet...

First came Practice Direction 51Z; then Practice Direction 55.29; and now (drum roll please) Practice Direction 55C ("PD 55C").  PD 55C comes into effect on 23 August 2020 and...

Will the proposed changes to commonhold make it a viable "third estate" for structuring home ownership and mixed use developments? We are all, to a greater or lesser degree...

There is no escape from the fallout caused by the Coronavirus pandemic and our world-rated, venerable HM Land Registry is no exception. Founded over 150 years ago, HMLR has clung...

So much has, quite rightly, been going on in relation to Covid-19 recently that it seems that is all we have been talking about.  The good news is that there is now something else...

Coping with Covid-19 has accelerated the pace of change in the way we use our spaces. Behavioural cycles that might have taken years to complete are taking months.   How we...

Cripps Pemberton Greenish is delighted to have advised BRYDG Capital Limited on three financing deals in quick succession.  The transactions included an £11m development facility...

In recent weeks the planning system and the property world has adapted relatively quickly to the new world we are living in with coronavirus. New legislation was brought in swiftly...