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Don’t forget that new Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) regulations came into force this week.
Most of the changes are highly technical but one practical point is worth highlighting.
From 9 January 2013, there is an obligation to display an EPC in any non-residential building that is frequently visited by members of the public (e.g. shops and restaurants) where the building has a total useful floor area of more than 500 sq metres.
This obligation only arises where an EPC was previously provided under the regulations so there’s no need to commission one just for this purpose.
Break rights have proved a fertile source of litigation over the last few years. More often than not, tenants have found themselves on the wrong end of the decisions. However, a Court of Appeal decision yesterday has bucked that trend.
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One of the requirements for tenants to contract out of the security of tenure regime contained in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is that they make a simple or statutory declaration before entering into the lease.
Landlords should reconsider summary judgment if a Part 26A restructuring plan is pending.
A landlord’s claim for summary judgment to recover rent and service charge arrears accrued since the start of the pandemic against a non-essential retailer succeeded. Like London buses, a second such case has followed hot on its heels.
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