Law Reform Consultations & User Groups

The Tribunal Procedure Committee (TPC) have decided not to cap the costs recoverable under Rule 13(1)(b) for unreasonable behaviour.  The TPC concluded, in agreement with the PLA’s Law Reform Committee proposal, that steps should be taken to publicise the guidance in Willow Court Management Company (1985) Limited v Alexander in a clear form to parties involved in leasehold and residential property cases.  The TPC proposes to add information to the Property Chamber website.

The Government has listened to and, more importantly, embraced the views of the PLA in its Consultation on business rates in multi-occupied properties. As a consequence, the draft Bill has been amended to reflect changes proposed by the PLA. This will ensure that the final enactment will be much clearer and significantly more certain which will be of benefit to ratepayers and practitioners alike.

I am writing to you on behalf of the Property Litigation Association. The PLA is the industry association for solicitors whose substantial practice is property litigation. The PLA has around 1,300 members. This letter is a response to the Multi-Occupied Properties Consultation that was published in December 2017. The PLA has also liaised with specialist rating surveyors in resect of this response.

The Property Litigation Association is an industry association for solicitors with a substantial part of their  practice  in  property  litigation.   The  Association  has  around  1300  members  comprising solicitors from throughout England and Wales (and elsewhere in the United Kingdom) specialising in all aspects of property litigation including commercial, residential and agricultural property law.

Multi-Occupied Properties Consultation Response

Response to Default County Court Judgments Consultation Paper

TRIBUNAL PROCEDURE COMMITTEE CONSULTATION ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE TRIBUNAL PROCEDURE (FIRST- TIER TRIBUNAL) (PROPERTY CHAMBER) RULES 2013 AND THE TRIBUNAL PROCEDURE (UPPER TRIBUNAL) (LANDS CHAMBER) RULES 2010 CONCERNING COSTS IN LEASEHOLD CASES AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CASES.

Reply of the Law Reform Committee of the Property Litigation Association to the consultation by the RICS on a new professional statement for service charges in commercial property

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published a Consultation on reinstating the practice of the Valuation Office Agency prior to the decision of the Supreme Court in Woolway (VO) v Mazars [2015] UKSC 53.

On 2 November, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary announced their intention to introduce a disclosure pilot in the Business and Property Courts in England and Wales.  Essentially, it is proposed that standard disclosure be abolished and replaced with a new concept of “basic disclosure” – for which no search is required – and “extended disclosure” where appropriate in a range of models A to E.