This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the key Property Disputes—related developments in the King’s Speech, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’s updated valuation standard for residential buildings with cladding, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee’s consultation on proposed amendments to CPR Part 27 and Practice Direction 27A, and the Disclosure Review Working Group’s plans to simplify Practice Direction 57AD following a stakeholder survey. It also includes High Court decisions considering whether bankruptcy under exceptional circumstances allowed a sale to be deferred and service of initial notices for collective enfranchisement during the ‘registration gap’, and Upper Tribunal decisions regarding insurance costs under a residential lease, use of rental evidence and rating assessment evidence in a valuation decision, and whether dwellings within a building which qualified as an HMO could still be ‘houses’ for selective licensing purposes.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Court of Appeal cases on rent repayment orders and adverse possession, High Court cases regarding beneficial ownership, the effect of failing to provide electrical condition reports in Wales, and the intention to return to a residential property, and two Upper Tribunal decisions on FTT procedure. It also includes the Law Commission’s announcement on its review of the right to renew business tenancies, RICS’ appointment of a new Chair of its Dispute Resolution Appointments Board and the UK Supreme Court’s updated building and registry times.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions on when an account may be ordered against a mortgagee and the setting aside of a liquidator’s decision regarding a proof of debt, Upper Tribunal cases setting aside a decision due to improper service of an application and orders for the respondents to pay 75% of the appellants' First-tier Tribunal costs and full Upper Tribunal costs, the Supreme Court’s publication of a summary of responses, together with its response, to its consultation on proposed revisions of the Supreme Court Rules, and the Welsh Government’s publication of frequently asked questions relating to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Court of Appeal decisions on surrender and joint ownership of commercial property, High Court decisions on consent for alterations and the court’s power to rectify the register on grounds of mistake, a First-tier Tribunal decision on remediation contribution orders under the Building Safety Act, and a Sheriff Appeal Court decision on exclusive ownership through positive prescription.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a review of key Property and Property Disputes developments in 2025 and a look ahead to 2026, Upper Tribunal decisions concerning the timescale for making an application for a rent repayment order, and the cost implications arising from a respondents’ late disclosure of the existence of a trust in an adverse possession claim, and a First-tier Tribunal decision where a remediation order was made in respect of significant structural defects. It also includes the Bona Vacantia Division’s reinstatement of the unclaimed estates list, the introduction of draft Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2026 as well as the Building Safety Regulator (Establishment of New Body and Transfer of Functions etc) Regulations 2026 which establish a new body to replace the Health and Safety Executive as the building safety regulator.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the progress of the Renters’ Rights Bill in the House of Lords, Court of Appeal decisions in which administrators were not entitled to an order for possession of a property over which LPA Receivers had been appointed and concerning whether disputed land in a deceased’s estate was capable of being acquired by adverse possession, a High Court decisions regarding renewing traveller injunctions against newcomer persons unknown and mitigating nuisance claims in school all-weather play areas, and an Upper Tribunal decision in a boundary dispute. It also includes the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s consultations on draft regulations to implement sections 61–64 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, HM Courts & Tribunals Service strategy for remote court participation, the Tribunal Procedure Committee consultations on changes to Rule 7(6) of the Property Chamber Rules, the Online Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025 and the Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2025.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: MHCLG's consultation on extending Awaab's Law to private rented tenancies and licensed accommodation, and a High Court decision concerning liability for mis-selling off-plan care home room investments. It also includes the introduction of the Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill to Parliament and MHCLG's guidance for local regulators on the developer remediation contracts.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: MHCLG’s announcement of funding for councils to enforce powers under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and publication of a factsheet confirming the anticipated implementation of the Act to social sector tenancies from October 2027. It also includes a Court of Appeal decision which confirmed that an appeal is brought when the appellant’s notice is delivered to court, even where no court fee is paid, a High Court decision to grant an ‘anticipatory’ Building Liability Order and publication of the updated Rolls Building summary assessment practice note.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s announcement that the Renters’ Rights Bill has progressed to its report and third reading stage in Parliament, further analysis of the High Court decision on the impact on Welsh landlords of failing to provide Electrical Condition Reports to contract holders, and the Civil Procedure Rule Committee’s proposed amendments to rule 52.12(3) of the Civil Procedure Rules. It also includes High Court decisions on the test for locus standi where a claimant relies on 'associational standing' in an application to judicially review implementation of licensing schemes under the Housing Act 2004, mortgagee possession claims, the definition of a building under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, and on transactions defrauding creditors.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: MHCLG announcements regarding the commencement of the second phase of Awaab’s Law coming into force on 30 November 2026 and the extension of the cladding safety scheme to sub-11 metre buildings, High Court decisions on forfeiture, boundary agreements, and notices to complete. It also includes an Upper Tribunal decision on invalid RTM claim notices and a County Court decision on damages for Japanese Knotweed spread.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision on the duty of care of a property management company, a High Court decision on misrepresentation in obtaining an order terminating a tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, publication of the Law Commission’s annual report and an update to HM Land Registry Practice Guide 52.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions relating to remediation of defective construction of a dwelling, relief from forfeiture and the impact of abuse of process, and liability for payment of rent while the landlord was in breach of obligation to provide electrical condition reports in Wales. It also includes Scottish property disputes regarding the enforcement of real burdens to protect property enjoyment and proportionate eviction and recovery of tenancy possession; as well as British Property Federation’s response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s consultation on strengthening leaseholder protections.