This 3 hour update will cover the main points and give you pointers for the coming year.
General commercial property matters
- RAAC, Building Safety Act & Mixed-use buildings. TLS & Conveyancing Association guides
- Case law developments – discharge of restrictive covenants, signs and prescriptive easements, adverse possession, misrep., joint ownership, etc.
- Leasehold reform latest proposals – Effect on by to let landlords – ground rents, rent control, restrictions on possession and so on. Commonhold – what to expect
- Rentcharges – what did the Act miss out – estate rentcharges loophole
- Climate Change – what do you put in your client care letters and reports?
- Response of the search companies
- Knotweed – Latest Supreme Court decision in Davies – where are we now?
- Adverse possession – Any ten years counts – Supreme Court decision
Commercial Lease Issues
- Dilaps, forfeiture, consent for alterations, service changes, break clauses, Green leases, MEES changes – what should you be putting in new leases to deal with Climate change, Energy Performance Certificates?
- Proposed reform of security of tenure under the 1954 Act – what is possible? There have been a number of recent cases in this area showing the subject needs an overhaul.
Development Issues
- Deposits, conditional contracts Planning, overage restrictions
- Many issues will challenge developers over the next year or so such as Nutrient neutrality, Biodiversity net gain & ESG conservation covenants. What should you be looking out for?
- Flooding, sustainable drainage and sewer adoption in new estates
- SuDS changes on the way – FWMA2010 to be implemented at last – impact on development schemes.