Tuesday 29 September 2026
-
Property & Housing · Report
Government to cap leaseholder permission and administrative fees
The government has announced it will legislate for powers to cap fees landlords charge leaseholders and intends to introduce independent regulation of property agents, affecting leaseholders, tenants and homebuyers.
Friday 25 September 2026
-
Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal: sole director not liable for HMO penalty merely because of his position
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has cancelled a financial penalty on a company's sole director, holding that consent under section 251 of the Housing Act 2004 cannot be inferred solely from his position as…
Tuesday 22 September 2026
-
Property & Housing · Judgment
High Court rules on council’s appeal over repeated flooding from a village road
The High Court has considered a council's appeal against a finding that it was liable in nuisance for repeated flooding of a home's driveway and garden from a public road, rejecting its procedural complaints.
Thursday 10 September 2026
-
Property & Housing · Report
Building safety: final adviser report and Grenfell Inquiry progress published
The government has published the Interim Chief Construction Adviser's final report and its latest quarterly progress report on Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 recommendations, with nine more recommendations completed.
-
Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal modifies two-dwelling covenant on former Ark site at Witham St Hughs
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has granted MDM Civil Engineering Limited's application to modify a covenant limiting a Lincolnshire site to two dwellings, where the only objector did not hold the covenant's benefit.
Wednesday 9 September 2026
-
Property & Housing · Report
Landlord registration to roll out from 15 December 2026 as rent challenge changes announced
The government has announced a regional rollout of a national landlord registration service from December 2026, and plans to move initial rent increase decisions in England to HMRC's Valuation Office.
Monday 7 September 2026
-
Property & Housing · Report
Government consults on valuation rates for leasehold enfranchisement claims
The government is consulting on how to set the deferment and capitalisation rates that will be used to price freehold purchases, lease extensions and ground rent buy-outs under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act…
Friday 28 August 2026
-
Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal: repeal of RTM costs rules did not remove costs liability already accrued
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) allowed a landlord's appeal, holding that the 3 March 2025 repeal of sections 88 and 89 of the 2002 Act did not remove costs liability that had already accrued.
-
Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal rejects claim that 37 years of tolerated parking ended a lease covenant
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has held that the FTT erred in law in how it approached a leaseholder's claim of permanent release from a parking covenant after about 37 years of forecourt parking,…
Thursday 27 August 2026
-
Property & Housing · Judgment
Supreme Court rules on right to manage claims where a tenant was not sent an invitation notice
The Supreme Court in Avon Freeholds v Cresta Court E RTM Company considered whether a landlord can resist a right to manage claim because one qualifying tenant was not sent a notice of invitation…