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Issues for SMEs in 2023 as the recession looms (SME Today)
1 February 2023
With rapid inflation and recession is now looming, what risks and issues the UK SMEs are likely to face as 2023…
Sole traders face being named if they took out Covid-19 loan (small business)
28 November 2022
Name and shame: thousands of sole traders could be caught up in bid to publish names of every small business…
Time to breathe for debtors (Lexis PSL Restructuring and Insolvency)
12 July 2022
Lexis PSL Restructuring and Insolvency has featured a piece from Jenifer Martindale discussing the Insolvency…
Online dispute resolution platform for SME late payment disputes (Elite Business)
12 July 2022
Elite Business has featured a piece from Jenifer Martindale looking at the Government-backed proposals for an…
Do I have to use my estate agent’s chosen mortgage broker? (Financial Times)
10 May 2022
The Financial Times has featured a piece from Jayna Patel answering whether you should use an estate agent's…
COVID-19 Commercial Rents (Coronavirus) Bill
30 November 2021
The Government has recently outlined a new draft bill to Parliament which intends to deal with outstanding…
COVID-19 Business Insolvency Measures
30 September 2021
The COVID-19 legislation enacted by the Government in response to the pandemic has impacted on many areas of…
Commercial landlords and tenants: The ban on forfeiture and CRAR extended
7 July 2021
Wilsons' Senior Partner, Peter Bourke, has been featured in the press commenting on the recent government…
Covid-19: ban on commercial evictions extended to 30 June 2021
11 March 2021
On 10 March 2021 the Government announced that the current ban on evictions of commercial property is to be…
Covid-19 - evictions delayed to 31 March 2021
15 February 2021
The Housing Secretary gave occupiers a Valentine's present this weekend by extending the date from which…
Boundary Disputes – a new scheme
20 November 2020
From Peter Bourke, Senior Partner
As part of my extracurricular activity I am the current chairman of the…
Covid-19: proposed expansion to the moratorium on action against tenants
24 April 2020
During the afternoon of 22 April 2020 the government announced its intention to introduce measures to curb the…
Commercial Landlord and Tenant Questions and Answers
21 April 2020
Do I have to agree to a request from the tenant for a rent holiday?
No but for the next few months you cannot…
Commercial Property – “This time next year….”
21 April 2020
The law can be a very useful tool to help you achieve an objective. In a pre COVID 19 economic climate there…
The Coronavirus Bill - what it means for landlords and tenants (part 2)
7 April 2020
This is the second article in our brief series on the Coronavirus Bill. This piece of legislation received…
Protocol for service of initial notices
6 April 2020
On 30 March 2020 ALEP, the Association of Leasehold Extension Practitioners, of which Wilsons Solicitors LLP is…
COVID-19: Commercial Property Update
3 April 2020
We have had a number of enquiries from both landlords and tenants asking how they should deal with the massive…
Taking possession proceedings in light of coronavirus – an update
30 March 2020
In an update to our article of 25 March 2020 in relation to the amendment to notice periods on residential…
The Coronavirus Bill - what it means for landlords and tenants (part 1)
25 March 2020
The Coronavirus Bill will be enacted imminently. It is a comprehensive and far-reaching piece of emergency…
Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020
12 February 2020
On 14 January 2020 the government published the draft Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector…
What are commercial lease dilapidations?
20 November 2019
In this series of articles we will be looking at commercial lease dilapidations. Our focus is to look at…
The end of the assured shorthold tenancy?
2 August 2019
Introduction
This is the first of a two-part review on the consultation issued by the Government in respect of…When is a wall not a wall?
8 July 2019
In this article, Alexandra Sollohub and Mike Ellis review a recent decision of the First-tier Tribunal…
s. 4 Defective Premises Act 1972 - What duty do landlords have to inspect their properties?
20 June 2019
Peter Bourke and Alexandra Sollohub look at section 4 of the DPA.
In essence section 4 imposes on a landlord a…
The fate of “fake freeholds”?
12 June 2019
The Government announced yesterday (11 June 2019) that the Competition and Marketing Authority (CMA) is…
Levelling the playing field on private estates
7 June 2019
Freehold Properties (Management Charges) Bill 2019 (HC Bill 396)
This private members' bill had its first…
Tenant Fees Act 2019 comes into force
29 May 2019
Following on from our recent article on the new Form 6A (which must be used from 1 June 2019) please also be…
An update to Section 21 Housing Act 1988
16 May 2019
Following on from the recent successful residential property seminar on 14 May 2019, Peter Bourke, Mike Ellis…
Summer Holiday Lettings - Key considerations
2 May 2019
Although schools have just returned from the Easter break, it will not be long before School is out for summer.…
How fit is your home? An exercise in the new legislation: HFHHA 2018
19 March 2019
In this article, Michael Ellis and Alexandra Sollohub discuss and give comment, on The Homes (Fitness for Human…
Check-mate for the “right to rent” check?
4 March 2019
In this article, Mike Ellis and Alexandra Sollohub discuss the High Court's recent decision in R (on the…
Time for registration?
26 February 2019
HM Land Registry: The 2030 Goal of 'Comprehensive Registration'
If your school has unregistered land on-site…
If your school has unregistered land on-site…
Tenant Fees Act 2019
13 February 2019
The Tenant Fees Act received Royal Assent on 12 February 2019. In this article, Alexandra Sollohub from…
