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Legal wrap: Eviction moratorium, CVAs and an ABC guide to ATMs

Welcome to your weekly round-up of the pick of the content published on EG Legal over the past seven days.

This week, we share the views of Property Litigation Association members on what should happen when the moratorium on rent arrears recovery eventually comes to an end. Then there’s an authoritative review of where landlords and tenants stand when it comes to CVAs and restructurings following recent High Court rulings. In addition, we have the second episode in our three-part Law & Borders series on Scottish real estate, this time discussing planning. ATMs throw up a raft of issues for property owners that host them, but we have a straightforward ABC guide. And further topics include the new Welsh government’s plans, boundary dispute mediation and plenty more.

Podcast

Law & Borders: Planning reform in Scotland

Legal news

Insurers pay out more than £750m in business interruption insurance

Major legal chambers changes name over slave trade links

London Underground fails in bid to stop mobile mast by citing terrorism concerns

Features

Covid rents: how should the moratorium end?
With rumours of a fresh extension of the moratorium, PLA members share views on what comes next

Leases: corporate rescue at landlords’ peril
Julie Gattegno reviews the landscape following three recent High Court rulings on CVAs and restructurings

ATMs – as easy as ABC?
Bill Chandler on why cash machines raise a number of landlord and tenant issues for the retailers that host them

What does the new Welsh government have planned?
Sian Skerratt-Williams considers what Welsh Labour’s manifesto pledges mean for property

New territory for boundary disputes
Jacqui Joyce and Peter Bourke share details of a new mediation service aims to help neighbours resolve disagreements

When must a landlord take account of the tenant’s remaining term?
Chloe Meredith takes a look at the apportionment of service charge

Q&A: Wrestling with restrictive covenants
Camilla Lamont and Emma Humphreys answer a pair of covenant queries

Legal note: The augmented reality principle?
Elizabeth Dwomoh explains how the reality principle applies when a property has undergone major improvements

Practice points

Original test vs Ellis test: continuous breach of condition after 10-year limit?

Case coverage

Law report: Balhousie Holdings Ltd v Commissioners of HM Revenue and Customs (Scotland)

Law report: Wood v Commercial First Business Ltd; Business Mortgage Finance 4 plc v Pengelly

Case summary: R (on the application of Ocado Retail Ltd) v Islington London Borough Council

Case summary: Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd and another

 

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