Section 4 of the Land Registration Act 2002 explains the requirements of registration. This states that a leasehold estate in land for a term which, at the time of the transfer, grant or creation, has more than 7 years to run, is subject to compulsory registration. Section 6 of the Act then deals with the duty to apply for registration of title.

Since 2018 it has been unlawful for a landlord to grant a new tenancy of commercial property with an EPC rating lower than E. The property must hold an EPC rating of band ‘E’ or better prior to any new leases or renewals being granted.

It’s been another excellent year for Ramsdens in The Legal 500 UK 2023 rankings.

The Government has sought for many years to create a public register to keep record of all overseas individuals who own UK Property.

​It is very common for tenants of commercial leases to either want to, or perhaps need to, ‘get out’ of the lease. A common way of doing this is to ‘assign’ the lease to a new tenant (this may be the only option if there are no break options in the lease and the Landlord is unwilling to agree to a surrender). Kirsty Jackson, Head of our Commercial Property team, takes a look at whether a landlord has to consent when a tenant wishes to assign and what conditions they may be able to impose, but first, what does assigning a lease mean?

Cafes, restaurants, pubs, snack bars and the like will benefit from plans to make the temporary COVID-related pavement licence scheme for ‘removable pavement furniture’ permanent, but face increased licence fees from 30 September 2022.

High street and other commercial landlords are considering the potential impact on their businesses of government plans to allow local authorities to force commercial landlords to rent out their empty properties, announced in the recent Queen’s Speech.

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.