<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet title = "XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/RSS/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><docs>https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2605.1.2002/productViews/plcuk/</docs><category>Legal updates</category><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com</link><title>Property Litigation</title><description>Property Litigation</description><item><title>Landlord liable to remove dangerous cladding from hotel under lease covenants and fire safety order (High Court)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic6eb096660cd11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic6eb096660cd11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Essendi UK Hotels 2 Ltd v London Property Company Ltd [2026] EWHC 1354 (TCC), the High Court held that a landlord's covenant to put and keep a hotel building in good and substantial condition required the removal and replacement of category 3 ACM cladding panels, despite there being no physical deterioration. The landlord had also breached the legal obligations covenant in the lease by not complying with its obligations under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (SI 2005/1541).</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic6eb096660cd11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 made</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iba32caaf5de511f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iba32caaf5de511f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/571) amend the framework for assessing housing hazards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/3208), changing hazard bands, renaming harm classes and expanding the prescribed fire hazard definition. The Regulations come into force on 23 June 2026. Legal practitioners should particularly note the updated hazard band structure and harm class terminology. 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Under the plans, the new division will replace the Chancery Division and stand alongside the King's Bench and Family Divisions.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I23bca0f75f4211f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Renters' Rights Act 2025: anti-discrimination provisions come into force in Wales </title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I75f8d3405db911f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I75f8d3405db911f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>On 1 June 2026, sections 43 to 49 of the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (RRA 2025) come into force. Landlords of existing occupation contracts in Wales to which the changes apply have until 14 June 2026 to serve notice of the variation on their contract-holders.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I75f8d3405db911f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Ask Property Litigation: featured queries 29 May 2026</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I53a7ae335a7b11f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I53a7ae335a7b11f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>We have published the following queries this week.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I53a7ae335a7b11f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Free Practical Law training for all subscribers</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I56cd5e505a7c11f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I56cd5e505a7c11f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>Practical 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.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I56cd5e505a7c11f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Uninhabitable flat still in good tenantable repair for lease extension valuation purposes (Upper Tribunal)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib622eaee59e511f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib622eaee59e511f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Mountview Estates plc v W8 Property Ltd [2026] UKUT 196 (LC), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (UT) dismissed an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal's determination of the premium payable for a lease extension. The UT held that a flat agreed to be uninhabitable was nonetheless in good tenantable repair for valuation purposes.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib622eaee59e511f18ebba5f5b5f97226/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>New Property Litigation column article published: When delay defeats ground (f): Pridewell Properties (London) Limited v Spirit Pub Company (Managed) Limited [2026] EWHC 953 (Ch)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7b4357ca590311f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7b4357ca590311f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>We have published Article, Property Litigation column: When delay defeats ground (f): Pridewell Properties (London) Limited v Spirit Pub Company (Managed) Limited [2026] EWHC 953 (Ch) to the Property Litigation column.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7b4357ca590311f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Frustration defence rejected in cladding case where lease allocated risk of latent fire safety defects to tenant (High Court)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I75236202590f11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I75236202590f11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Into Nominee One Ltd and another v Study Group UK Ltd and another [2026] EWHC 1201 (TCC), the High Court rejected the tenant's argument that a lease of a purpose-built residential training school was frustrated by serious fire safety cladding defects or post-Grenfell legislation which made the property unfit for its intended use.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I75236202590f11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>New in-house content: horizon scanning</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I68128f2557ec11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I68128f2557ec11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>We have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in June 2026.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I68128f2557ec11f1a83fe84dcd0bf6af/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Ask Property Litigation: featured queries 22 May 2026</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I94160c18551611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I94160c18551611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>We have published the following queries this week.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I94160c18551611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Government announces raft of building safety actions</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I899d330354c011f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I899d330354c011f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>The government has taken a series of steps aimed at improving the building safety system. These include launching a call for evidence on the built environment professions, responding to the Building Control Independent Panel's report on commercial interests in building control, and publishing its latest quarterly progress report on its progress towards implementing the Grenfell Tower public inquiry's recommendations.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I899d330354c011f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>New practice note on the Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f6244c352b111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f6244c352b111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>We have published a practice note giving an overview of the Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5f6244c352b111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Unexercised tenant's option to renew does not exclude lease from protection under LTA 1954 (Court of Appeal)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250fef3a4ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250fef3a4ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Caterpillar Property Ltd and another v Park Cakes Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 575, the Court of Appeal held that a tenant's unexercised option to renew did not constitute an "agreement for the grant of a future tenancy" under section 28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). The lease therefore remained protected by Part II of the LTA 1954.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250fef3a4ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Ask Property Litigation: featured queries 15 May 2026</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I509d3e59504611f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I509d3e59504611f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>We have published the following queries this week.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I509d3e59504611f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>King's Speech 2026: property implications</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4ad680d44ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4ad680d44ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>The King has outlined the government's priorities for the next parliamentary session in the King's Speech to the Houses of Parliament on 13 May 2026. This update considers the items that may interest property practitioners.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I4ad680d44ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Collective enfranchisement claim made during registration gap must be served on registered proprietor, not equitable owner (High Court)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3be656b34e5611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3be656b34e5611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Bennets Courtyard Ltd v Bennets Courtyard Airspace Ltd [2026] EWHC 1119 (Ch), the High Court held that an initial notice for collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was invalid because it was given to the purchaser of the freehold who had not yet been registered as proprietor.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3be656b34e5611f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>FTT wrong to decide service charge dispute on point neither party raised and tenant declined to pursue (Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber))</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2515735c4d4911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2515735c4d4911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Martin White v Sarah Brindley [2026] UKUT 184 (LC), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) allowed an appeal against a First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (FTT) decision that a tenant was not liable to pay insurance costs under their lease. The FTT had raised the lease construction point on its own initiative despite neither party raising it, and the tenant had declined to pursue the point when invited to do so.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2515735c4d4911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Stay of execution and time to pay refused in respect of building liability order enforcing adjudicator's decision (TCC)</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id65858914db111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id65858914db111f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In Crest Nicholson Regeneration Ltd v Ardmore Construction Ltd (In Administration) [2026] EWHC 1069 (TCC), Constable J in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) refused applications for a stay of execution and additional time to pay in respect of a building liability order enforcing an adjudicator's decision, issued under sections 130 and 131 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) against the fourth to tenth defendants, who are associates of Ardmore Construction Ltd. 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The district judge had ruled that court-effected postal service to a PO Box in Kent, which was managed by the respondent BVI company's letting agent, was not service on a "place of business" of the respondent under CPR 6.9(2), Row 7. The appeal failed on the facts, but the judge held, obiter, that a PO Box address did not constitute a "place of business" of a company within the jurisdiction for the purposes of Row 7.</description><guid>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7a85964b457911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid></item><item><title>Rights to install telecommunications apparatus capable of business occupation under LTA 1954 (Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber))</title><link>https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8941f16f486211f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8941f16f486211f18619811f89168d29/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&amp;contextData=%28sc.Default%29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate><description>In EE Ltd v Clocktower Investments Ltd [2026] UKUT 163 (LC), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) held that rights to erect electronic communications apparatus were incorporeal hereditaments capable of being occupied under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, even though the demised premises themselves were unoccupied. 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