March 18, 2026 Contractual control agreements A new public register for contractual control agreements: what landowners and developers need to know. The Government has now published... Read more
March 17, 2026 Doing business in the UK in 2026: key legal considerati... Following strong interest from our international network, we recently hosted a webinar exploring what international businesses and their... Read more
March 16, 2026 Building Blocks – Y for Yielding Up In this instalment of our Building Blocks series, Jack Lightburn explores the often‑overlooked yielding up clause in a commercial lease -... Read more
February 20, 2026 Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 - Light on the hor... The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (PIA 25), which received Royal Assent in December 2025, underpins two core objectives of the... Read more
February 12, 2026 The new RICS Service Charge Standard: what it is and ch... On 31 December 2025 the updated RICS professional standard, Service charges in commercial property, second edition (the Standard), came... Read more
February 3, 2026 Commercial landlords beware - Residential Service Charg... Commercial landlords of mixed-use properties may inadvertently fall within the residential service charge regime. Residential service... Read more
January 28, 2026 Government admits legal error over green belt data cent... On 23 January 2026, the government conceded in the High Court that it had made a material error in granting planning permission for a... Read more
January 27, 2026 Ground rents capped, forfeiture scrapped: The Bill rede... The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill proposes to cap ground rents at £250 per year, reducing to a peppercorn after 40 years, which... Read more
January 21, 2026 Real Estate Building Blocks: Exiting a commercial lease... An overview of the various options for exiting a commercial lease and the practical considerations for both tenants and landlords. Leases... Read more
January 20, 2026 Pride in Place Strategy: regeneration or risk for high ... A closer look at the government’s Pride in Place Strategy and what it means for high street property owners. With new proposals aimed at... Read more
January 9, 2026 Could greater regulation open the door to investor take... The US is moving to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes in response to fears that corporate ownership is... Read more
January 9, 2026 Business rates revaluation and statutory compensation: ... The upcoming business rates revaluation on 1 April 2026 could affect the amount of statutory compensation landlords must pay to business... Read more
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