This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: permission to appeal being granted by the Supreme Court regarding the retrospective application of the Building Safety Act 2022, High Court decisions concerning a property-related professional negligence claim, a newcomer injunction to safeguard against unauthorised trespassers, and an award of damages for breach of an agreement for lease. It also includes the appointment of Lord Doherty as a Justice of the UK Supreme Court and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s announcement of the implementation timeline for the Renters' Rights Act 2025.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: an Upper Tribunal decision upholding a restrictive covenant, citing the substantial practical benefits to objectors, various First-tier Tribunal decisions regarding the Electronic Communications Code and a Court of Session decision overturning a council's non-domestic rates decision due to inadequate legal consideration.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes High Court decisions on the ‘fault grounds’ for opposing a new lease under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and on drainage rights, a summary of recent measures and guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19), an analysis of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the coronavirus business interruption test case, and Upper Tribunal decisions on residential service charge demands and the effect of the acquisition of the right to manage.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a High Court decision on adverse possession and Upper Tribunal decisions on service charges, and the modification of leasehold covenants under section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925. It also covers the Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024 and the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2024.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision regarding the status of unexercised options to renew business tenancies and a County Court decision regarding a landlord’s opposition to the grant of a new tenancy under section 30(1)(g) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. It also includes a High Court decision in a case concerning a service charge payment made to a fraudster, an update to the Damages Claims Pilot under CPR PD 51ZB, the minutes of the CPR Committee meeting of 27 March 2026, the call by a Supreme Court Justice for proactive AI regulation in civil procedure and the BSB’s updated guidance on the use of AI by barristers.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal case on the court’s jurisdiction to vary a suspended possession order, Upper Tribunal decisions on the impact on limitation of non-payment of an application fee, and the reasonable repair assumption in determining rateable value, and a High Court case regarding adverse possession and trespass. It also includes the launch of the Law Commission’s consultation on the right to renew business tenancies under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, as well as the UK Judiciary’s release of the Senior President of Tribunals’ annual report for 2024.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: A Supreme Court decision on the failure to serve a claim notice in a right to manage case, High Court cases on setting aside a statutory demand relating to the payment of interest and a claim for unlawful means conspiracy and an Upper Tribunal decision considering the rent for Electronic Communications Code rights over a greenfield site.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Upper Tribunal decisions on the price to be paid for an extended lease, rent increases and rent repayment orders, and the Supreme Court Fees Order.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: in relation to the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 publication of draft regulations providing details of the written statement and information sheet and commencement regulations which bring into force provisions relating to discrimination in the private rental sector in Wales, Court of Appeal decisions examining whether advertising rights at major railway stations should be classified as separate hereditaments for business rate purposes and whether mixed-use properties qualify as dwellings for service charge protections, a High Court decision concerning deferment of sales by trustees in bankruptcy, and First-tier Tribunal decisions on dispensation from service charge consultation requirements and Right to Manage claims. It also includes the first publication of the MHCLG’s Building Safety Newsletter underlining the government priority to improve the building safety, the launch of the Sentencing Council’s consultation on proposed housing offence sentencing guidelines and the release of the Senior President of Tribunals’ annual report for 2025.

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.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a High Court decision regarding contempt for breach of an injunction against unauthorised traveller site development and an Upper Tribunal decision concerning a sole director’s potential liability for HMO offences despite delegating compliance to a non-director.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions regarding the meaning of ‘building’ under section 5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, whether a proposed repayment plan was a mere tactic to defer execution of a warrant for possession, invalid notices to complete, and a decision that glazed penthouse panels formed part of the roof and were not windows, Upper Tribunal decisions in which an appeal against a rent repayment order was upheld and where a restrictive covenant was discharged as its original purpose had been fulfilled, and a First-Tier Tribunal decision in which a connected lower-rise annex was regarded as an inseparable component of structure for making a remediation contribution order. It also includes a decision that a renewal option failed to establish an enforceable agreement for the grant of a future tenancy under section 28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, further commencement regulations under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and the minutes of the March 2026 CPR Committee meeting.