Legal wrap: Furlough packages, the NCP CVA and your guide to property ownership

Welcome to your weekly round-up of the pick of the content published on EG Legal over the past seven days. This week, we have further expert written analysis of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on empty property rates. In addition, we consider the shifting goalposts on furlough support packages, and whether profitable companies should return payments even where they were genuinely claimed. Beyond that, Mike Scott, the new senior partner at Cripps Pemberton Greenish, is the subject of the latest EG Interview – you can read the profile and listen to the full discussion. Plus, we have news on the NCP CVA, a straightforward guide to property ownership and much more. Legal news NCP weeks away from administration, lawyer tells court On the Case: Regis and a review of the CVA landscape for landlords Legal features The EG Interview: Cripps’ Mike Scott takes the driving seat New senior partner on Covid’s lasting effect and the promise of tech for legal real estate A taxing time for business rates Roger Cohen and Blake Penfold address a Supreme Court decision that will have disappointed the owners of vacant property Getting to grips with property ownership Tristan Wark sets out the different ways to own residential property Inessential ingredients in notices The test for deciding whether a failure to include specified information in a notice is critical, write Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC, Wayne Clark, Joe Ollech and Mark Galtrey Furlough payments: shifting goalposts Jemma Sherwood-Roberts asks: should highly profitable property firms pay back state aid? Legal note: Don’t dawdle on relief from forfeiture Allyson Colby takes a look at a Court of Appeal decision on reasonable promptitude No holiday for overseas buyers as stamp duty tightens Don’t get caught out by an unexpected surcharge under the new regime Practice points The effects of strike-out of a defence in a claim for unpaid service charges Gell v 32 St John’s Road (Eastbourne) Management Co Ltd Case summaries Nuffield Health v Merton London Borough Council Rating – Non-domestic rates – Charitable purposes Lambeth LBC v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Town and country planning – Community infrastructure levy – Late payment surcharge Law report City of London Corporation v Various Leaseholders of Great Arthur House Landlord and tenant – Service charges – Right to buy   For more legal articles and to search our extensive archive, visit EG Legal    To send feedback, e-mail jess.harrold@eg.co.uk or tweet @EGPropertyNews