Expiry of commercial leases: Should I stay or should I go?

In the third in the series of articles highlighting the differences and similarities between the laws of Scotland and England and Wales relating to real estate, Michael Ramsay and Sally Anthony look at differences in landlord and tenant law One of the areas where there is a significant difference between the jurisdictions in commercial leasing …
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The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022: Winners and losers

Shanna Davison and Matthew Bonye analyse the Covid commercial rent arrears arbitration scheme introduced under the 2022 Act and whether interference with the fundamental principle of freedom of contract has paid off The idea is to encourage reasonable proposals from each party on the footing that these are more likely to result in settlement without …
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Private rented housing: Putting things into perspective

Felicia Persis considers the government’s policy paper published in mid-June, which has been described as ‘biggest shake up of the private rented sector in 30 years’ The DLHC acknowledges that there is an imbalance in the landlord and tenant relationship, as the White Paper states that scrapping the s21 termination route will ‘level the playing …
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