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Property Disputes weekly highlights—11 June 2020

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Published on: 11 June 2020
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This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes a summary of recent measures and guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19) including confirmation of an extension to the stay on possession claims to 23 August 2020, High Court decisions regarding when CPR PD 51Z applies, injunctions to restrain the presentation of a winding-up petition and the rationality of increasing rent based on an indexation provision in a rent review clause, and an Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) decision regarding whether permitting a flat to be used as an Airbnb was a breach of the terms of a lease.

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