Commercial property (including landlord and tenant) Autumn update 2023

This webinar is part of our regular quarterly update series, designed to be an engaging and efficient means of keeping abreast of key developments, and will cover a number of recent cases and other changes on both commercial leases and commercial property generally, including the following topics:

• Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954:
  • Avondale Park Ltd v Miss Delaney’s Nursery Schools Ltd (implied periodic tenancy and estoppel)
• Cases on modifying restrictive covenants under s84 of the Law of Property Act 1925:
  • Hodgson v Cook (change from residential to commercial use)
  • Great Jackson Street Estates Ltd v Manchester City Council (modifying lease covenants and the dual role of a local authority)
• Case on easements:
  • Lampor v Jones (maintaining a right of way)
• Changes to the Charities Act
• Case on adverse possession:
  • Healey v Fraine
• Case on common land:
  • Rushmer v Central Bedfordshire Council
• The 2017 Electronic Communications Code:
  • Vodafone Ltd v Potting Shed Bar and Gardens Ltd (formerly known as Gencomp (No 7) Ltd) and AP Wireless II UK Ltd (concurrent lease issue)
  • Consultation in relation to telecoms operator extended rights where landowners are unresponsive
• Further developments on conservation covenants