Other Service: Property

What Landlords Should Know About Energy Standards

With just a few exceptions, all properties have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating, indicating how energy efficient it is, wi...

Possession of residential premises – Tips for Landlords

Here are some of our top tips for landlords seeking possession of residential premises occupied under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy. Commu...

Covid-19 – Changes to residential possession proceedings

Almost all forms of possession proceedings have been suspended (“stayed”) since the end of March 2020. The only exception was for claims ...

Hannah Lunn

Associate Solicitor , Dispute Resolution

Weekly Landlord and Tenant Legal Clinic

Morrisons Solicitors’ Weekly Landlord & Tenant Legal Clinic Every Wednesday from 9.30am to 10.30am Starting on Wednesday 12th August,...

Possession Claims: Practice Direction 55C and “reactivation notices”

Almost all forms of possession proceedings and enforcement action are currently stayed until 22 August 2020. This means that, for parties...

What’s the Use? – Changing the use of commercial properties

On 30 June, Boris Johnson announced the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War as part of the Government’...

Property Matters: Serves you right – Section 26 notices and i...

In this second episode of our Property Matters Video Podcast series, our regular hosts Graham Halsall, a property litigation partner at M...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak Announces Stamp Duty (SDLT) Cut

The announcement of a “stamp duty holiday” in the chancellor’s summer statement will be welcome news to homebuyers across England. How SD...

Laura Hooke

Senior Associate Solicitor, Residential Conveyancing

Business interruption – Why won’t my insurance policy pay out?

Business interruption policies written in the UK are predominantly property based. They are designed to pay out in the event that the pre...

Landlords brace themselves for June Quarter Day

On Friday, the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announced that the Government intended to extend the moratorium on forfeiture for ren...

Dilapidations claims: top tips for tenants

In this post Graham Halsall, Partner specialising in Property Disputes, sets out some top tips for tenants when pursuing a Dilapidations ...

Dilapidations claims: top tips for landlords

In this post Graham Halsall, Partner specialising in Property Disputes, sets out some top tips for landlords when pursuing a Dilapidation...

Dilapidations: frequenty asked questions

Even though dilapidations claims vary in each case, there are some questions which tend to come up in most cases. In this post, our prope...

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