Consultations

Check Challenge Appeal: Reforming business rates appeals – consultation on statutory implementation.

Check Challenge Appeal: Reforming business rates appeals – consultation on statutory implementation.

What follows was  prepared by the Law Reform  Committee of the Property Litigation Association (PLA) with the benefit of contributions from the wider  membership. Some of the proposals are fundamental and/or wide ranging whilst others relate to more discrete areas of legislation and cause difficulties for those we represent.

This consultation response is made on behalf of the Property Litigation Association (the “PLA”) to the proposed Statutory Framework for Business Rates Appeals Reforms. The PLA is the industry body representing property litigators in England and Wales.

This is the response of the Property Litigation Association (PLA), a members’ association for professionals specialising in all aspects of commercial, residential and agricultural property litigation.

The Property Litigation Association (PLA) is a members' association for professionals specialising in all aspects of commercial, residential and agricultural property litigation. We are lawyers who come from a variety of firms in terms of size and location. The PLA consists of approximately 1200 members who spend a substantial amount of their time engaged in property related dispute resolution.

We’ve heard about some of the problems arising with the interpretation of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (“LTCA 95”). I want to look at a solution to the problems and propose an achievable means of effective reform.

Proposed Amendments to the Landlord and Tenant {Covenants) Act 1995 Briefing Note to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

In July 2015, the Civil Justice Council set up a working party to consider whether there were advantages in deploying the judiciary in a flexible manner to ensure that all issues in dispute in property cases are dealt with in one forum.

This response has been prepared by the Property Litigation Association (“the Association”). The Association consists of approximately 1,200 members who spend a substantial amount of their time engaged in property related dispute resolution. The Association’s members deal with commercial as well as residential property disputes.