Ramsdens Solicitors LLP has recently announced its latest round of promotions for 2022. The promotions took effect from the 3 May and comprises of staff members from across its Private Client and Commercial services.

The Ramsdens Commercial Property team have had a recent hat-trick of appointments, as they continue to bolster their presence in Leeds.

Landlords and tenants of commercial property in England and Wales still trying to agree how to deal with arrears of rent built up because of COVID-19 will welcome an updated Code of Practice ‘Guidance: Commercial rent code of practice following the COVID-19 pandemic’ to help them negotiate a resolution.

The remaining temporary insolvency measures imposed by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 expire today (31 March 2022).

Whether you have a property portfolio or just a single residential property signing up to the Land Registry Property Alert service is something you should strongly consider. Property Alert is a free property monitoring service which helps to reduce the risk of property fraud. Once signed up the service will send you email alerts when certain activity occurs on your monitored properties allowing you take action if necessary.

Landlords and tenants of commercial property in England are assessing newly-published details for the proposed new ringfencing and arbitration procedure to apply where tenants owe arrears of rent that built up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stephen Newman and Adam Cockroft from Ramsdens’ Company and Commercial team, with support from Chris Annable (commercial property) and Emily Walker (employment), have advised the Sellers in relation to Expect Distribution’s recent management buyout.

The Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) provides certain safeguards for commercial Tenants one of these being the ‘security of tenure’ when a lease comes to an end.