Property Disputes weekly highlights—16 May 2019

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This week’s edition of Property Disputes highlights includes: a case in which the Supreme Court considered the correct approach to determining the rateable value of an office building, a review of a case where the court granted conditional relief from forfeiture, details of amendments to Form 6A which is to be used from 1 June 2019 to determine an assured shorthold tenancy under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, a case in which the court held that the general rule against recovery of pure economic loss in tort is not qualified where there is potential liability to third parties on adjoining properties and the highway, the Renting Homes (Fees etc) (Wales) Act 2019 receiving Royal Assent and the second House of Lords reading of the Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill.