Housing Secretary Robert Jennick announced on 11th September 2020 that there will be a “truce” on enforcement action for tenants facing eviction in England and Wales over the Christmas period.
The Government announced late on Friday 21st August that the stay on almost all aspects of residential possession proceedings would be extended to 20th September. This has been put into effect by amendments
The Government has announced its plan to introduce new legislation in September 2020 to allow Wills to be witnessed virtually in England and Wales. It is proposed that this temporary
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 amend the Civil Procedure Rules to add a new Practice Direction. Practice Direction 55C will come into force on 23 August
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 We discuss below the two amendments to the CPR that are of particular significance to housing professionals and which come into force
The Chancellor has today announced the welcome news that there will immediately be a Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”) ‘holiday’ for all residential property sales from 8 July 2020 until
The Chancellor’s announcement of earlier today is welcome news to home buyers and for the UK Housing Market in general. In short, if you seeking to purchase a residential property
As lockdown continues to ease, we at Prince Evans want to be ahead of client need, help give traction to ongoing matters and attract new business; hence, from week commencing
Following on from our previous blog published on 4 May 2020 , the Government has acted further to protect commercial tenants, as follows: 1. the moratorium in relation to forfeiture
PART 1 Government extends stay on possession proceedings to 23rd August 2020 On 5 June 2020, the Housing Secretary, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, announced that the Government was extending
The Court of Appeal have ruled that the Right to Rent Scheme requiring residential landlords to check the immigration status of potential tenants is not discriminatory nor in breach of
If you are a tenant of business premises, you should be aware that a minority of commercial landlords are taking advantage of the financial pressure on businesses caused by the
