In this episode of Real Estate Rundown, our Commercial Real Estate experts, David Slade and Andrew Jones, discuss the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and the significant changes proposed by the Law Commission in their recent consultation paper.

Employees at Leamington Spa-based law firm Wright Hassall are testing their selling skills in a fundraising effort which will see 20 teams take over the running of Myton Hospice charity shops in Coventry and Warwickshire for the day.

A leading law firm has assembled a team of top solicitors in a bid to help homeowners, landowners and business owners fight to get the right compensation for their property acquired by HS2 or where it has been adversely affected by HS2 under certain criteria.

Lord Templeman was a very well renowned member of the judiciary and his legacy in respect of private client law continues to dictate best practice today. Lord Templeman is particularly known for his advent of the “golden rule” surrounding testamentary capacity.

The Business and Planning Act 2020 has been amended to allow Pavement Licences to remain valid until 30 September 2022. However, if the newly published Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill becomes law, then Pavement Licences will be here to stay.

The law on the revocation of wills has recently been in the spotlight, with the case of Blyth v Sykes. Here we explore the relatively narrow circumstances in which a copy of a will can be admitted when the original document cannot be located without explanation.

Recent case law has increasingly found in favour of validity, particularly where the will has been professionally prepared. The courts’ view appears to be that experienced solicitors would not prepare a will for a person if they feel they did not have capacity or were concerned about their understanding of the same.

This article will focus on time limits for judicial review claims in planning cases, more specifically those that are brought out of time, the key considerations when dealing with out-of-time claims and a review of some recent case law.

Matthew Davies, partner and Head of Business Immigration at Midlands law firm Wright Hassall, responds to the Government’s announcement of post-Brexit immigration changes which ends free movement and brings EEA nationals within a “new” points based system by 2021.

The debate surrounding assisted dying is both ethically sensitive and legally complex. While the law currently prohibits assisted suicide under the Suicide Act 1961, recent developments and societal shifts have reignited discussions on reform.