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Property Disputes weekly highlights—22 May 2025

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Published on: 22 May 2025

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This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Supreme Court decisions on the Building Safety Act 2022 and wild camping rights, a Court of Appeal judgment on discharge of restrictive covenants, Upper Tribunal decisions on rectification of the register and admitting fresh evidence in a rent repayment order appeal, and High Court decisions concerning a rate mitigation scheme, the debt respite regulations, and proprietary injunctions. It also includes the minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee meetings of 17 March 2025 and 14 April 2025, minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee meeting of 4 April 2025 and key developments on the Renters’ Rights Bill and the Welsh Government’s legislative programme for the final year of the Senedd term, including the Building Safety Bill.

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