Perplexed by property law? Our Professional Support Lawyer Gemma Cook is here to answer your most pressing questions. I am a tenant of office premises. I no longer need the office space for my own business purposes and given the
More about Can I re-purpose my premises?The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (“NSI Act”) gives the UK government the power to scrutinise, impose conditions and, in rare cases, block acquisitions of properties and/or companies in the UK on national security grounds. The NSI Act came
More about Can the government block your property acquisition?Most landlords have at least a rudimentary understanding of the key principles behind the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, but the same cannot be said for the Electronic Communications Code (variously referred to as the ‘Telecoms Code’, the ‘2017 Code’
More about De-coding the electronic communications codeOne of our most requested set of works for licences to alter at the moment is to permit electric vehicles to be charged at the workplace. So what are the relevant factors for tenants and their advisors to consider? Considerations
More about Driving changeFollowing the 2017 Grenfell tragedy, there has been a significant rise in the cost of buildings insurance to leaseholders in multi-occupancy properties. One contributing factor is commissions – the proportion of premiums paid to brokers and third parties. A recent
More about Insurance commissionsIn the case of Williams v Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP Ltd [2023] UKSC 6, the Supreme Court considered the effect of s.27A(6) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 on service charge re-apportionment provisions in residential long leases. In
More about Room for manoeuvre: Limiting the room for service charge disputesThe principle of caveat emptor (“buyer beware”) makes site inspections an essential part of the due diligence process for acquisitions of development sites. Not only are site inspections the only way to find out certain types of information about a
More about Site inspections: Put your mind at ease(ments)In 2022 there was a sea change for overseas-incorporated entities that owned UK real estate. We look at where things are almost 12 months on and where things are going. As a spoiler, the net is being cast wider than
More about The UK government’s economic crime agenda: What can be expected for UK real estate?