https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2603.1.2004/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comPropertyhttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31e62f92278411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31e62f92278411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published new practice notes on Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31e62f92278411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 2 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1b3517c92d4211f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92c1d7842d1711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92c1d7842d1711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published two toolkits related to property law, designed to assist those volunteering at legal advice centres and in similar pro bono settings in England and Wales.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92c1d7842d1711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8d102ce92c9911f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8d102ce92c9911f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published a one-year strategic plan.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8d102ce92c9911f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTPractical Law provides free training on how to use Practical Law more effectively. This is available in a variety of formats, including live webinars and training videos.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1f9d2cd02bf911f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1f9d2cd02bf911f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Department for Business and Trade has published the UK's smart data strategy until 2035.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1f9d2cd02bf911f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0a4ffc3c246011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0a4ffc3c246011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new practice note on limiting liability by a notice.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0a4ffc3c246011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If214ef0723c211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If214ef0723c211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published episode 55 of The Construction Briefing podcast, featuring the Practical Law Construction editorial team.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If214ef0723c211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b091e6d29d311f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b091e6d29d311f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe government is consulting on proposals to reform the categorisation of building work to existing higher-risk buildings (HRBs) under the HRB control regime, overseen by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), to improve the proportionality of the building control process.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I0b091e6d29d311f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 27 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id101ffab289611f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e7b63e291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e7b63e291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Prescribed Forms and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/354) have been made and come into force on 1 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I43e7b63e291711f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I88099de5282f11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I88099de5282f11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Building Regulations etc (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/335) were made on 23 March 2026 and commence on 24 March 2026 to implement the Future Homes Standard and the Future Buildings Standard.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I88099de5282f11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I94001271277711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I94001271277711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published the government response to its 2023 consultation on a Future Homes Standard and a Future Buildings Standard, laid implementing regulations in Parliament that amend the Building Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2214) and published updated Approved Documents that provide related statutory guidance, on 24 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I94001271277711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iece10e34223f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iece10e34223f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new toolkit which provides links to Practical Law materials covering the Renters' Rights Act 2025.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iece10e34223f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id5c4fb9c269e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id5c4fb9c269e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe government has made the Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc and Information Sheet) (England) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/324), which set out the information to be included in written statements under the Renters' Rights Act 2025.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id5c4fb9c269e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia238a4ff24a911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia238a4ff24a911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Financial Penalties (Housing Offences and Breach of Banning Orders) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/319) have been made. The Regulations, which were laid before Parliament on 20 March 2026, extend to England and Wales and come into force on 1 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia238a4ff24a911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8c18e134245711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8c18e134245711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Sheppey Beach Villas Ltd v Taylor and others [2026] EWHC 647 (Ch) the High Court has held that a property severely damaged by fire but not yet reinstated was a house "reasonably so called" for the purposes of section 2 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967).https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8c18e134245711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Idc2aa679243e11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Idc2aa679243e11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published assured tenancy forms required by the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (RRA 2025). They have also published the information sheet about the RRA 2025 that landlords and their agents must give to some tenants by 31 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Idc2aa679243e11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 20 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic1a4b637232a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id4fa9d09237711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id4fa9d09237711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTFrom 1 April 2026 the Land Registry will begin phasing out the use of its electronic Document Registration Service (e-DRS), replacing it with the Digital Registration Service (DRS).https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id4fa9d09237711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If8c542d4223a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If8c542d4223a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 17 March 2026, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) published RICS Professional Standard, Service Charge Residential Management Code (fourth edition). The fourth edition is effective from 7 April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If8c542d4223a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia0690cfb213411f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia0690cfb213411f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA toolkit of Practical Law resources to assist those volunteering at legal advice centres and in similar pro bono settings in England and Wales has been published.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia0690cfb213411f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If281758b22a311f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If281758b22a311f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Finance Bill 2026 requires tax advisers to register with HMRC from 18 May 2026. The definition of tax advisers is drafted broadly and will capture conveyancers who deal with the submission of Land Transaction Forms.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If281758b22a311f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9bf76ede1eee11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9bf76ede1eee11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn SGL 1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 267, the Court of Appeal held that the landlord of a residential development had been correct to sever the transaction under section 5(3) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and serve two separate section 5 notices. Blocks B, C and E amounted to a single building as they could not function independently, but Block A was a separate structure with its own services and utilities.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9bf76ede1eee11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6f02959c1e6711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6f02959c1e6711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Crest Nicholson Regeneration Ltd v Calvert and others [2026] EWHC 531 (Ch), the High Court considered the rule against perpetuities relating to options over land and the interaction of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Acts 1964 and 2009.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6f02959c1e6711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I134d4d111e2211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I134d4d111e2211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have updated our Standard document, Assured periodic tenancy agreement.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I134d4d111e2211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b35eb021d4711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b35eb021d4711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTA round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit current awareness alert to 13 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9b35eb021d4711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib5b3aaa71e1211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib5b3aaa71e1211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have corrected Legal update, Draft regulations to provide greater transparency of contractual control land agreements which was included in the PLC Property daily e-mail for 12 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib5b3aaa71e1211f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id67885c61dd011f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id67885c61dd011f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 12 March 2026, the CMA issued an invitation to comment on whether Aldi and Lidl meet the criteria to be designated as "Large Grocery Retailers" under the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id67885c61dd011f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29