The remaining temporary insolvency measures imposed by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 expire today (31 March 2022).

Save for limited circumstances, on Friday 25 March 2022 the last Covid-19 restrictions that were brought in during March 2020 have been removed.

Significant changes to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) could impact the portfolios of commercial landlords from April 2023.

​Our Litigation Solicitor Emily Walker has featured in The Sunday Times providing home help to a reader who asked for advice on a neighbour dispute involving a shared fence.

New provisions come into force on 15 February 2022 for directors of dissolved companies to face disqualification action.

In the recent case of Jones & Ors v Lydon & Ors [2021] EWHC 2322 (Ch) the High Court confirmed that where communications are expressed to be made on a “without prejudice” basis, a clear intention must be expressed to move them to an open footing, so that without prejudice privilege will cease to apply.

The government has published a draft bill to deal with unpaid rent arrears that arose during the pandemic. Landlords and tenants that have been unable to reach agreement on rent arrears accrued during the pandemic, facing a binding arbitration process.

The 137th Practice Direction Update came into force on 12th November 2021 bringing about further reform to the Disclosure Pilot Scheme (DPS) under Practice Direction 51U.