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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
22 April 2022
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 – The Long-Awaited Introduction of the Register of Overseas Entities
The Government has for some time promised to introduce a register requiring overseas entities holding UK property to identify its beneficial owners, in its effort to increase transparency in UK property ownership and reduce the attraction of the UK’s property market to money launderers. Indeed, we last blogged about the potential overseas entities register in May 2019. With UK-based entities subject to strict information-sharing requirements since 2016 (in the form of the register of People with Significant Control or “PSC Register”), many have been calling for an equivalent overseas entities register to be implemented to provide a way of tracking overseas owners who ultimately own and control UK land.
15 March 2022
Top Tips for Commercial Landlords as Pandemic Restrictions Ease on Rent Arrears
Under s.82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, a moratorium has been imposed on all landlords in England who have been prevented form forfeiting commercial leases on grounds of arrears with effect from 26 March 2020. Those restrictions are currently due to come to an end on 25 March 2022.
3 March 2022
NFTs and Real Estate – The Purpose, Prospects and Possibilities
In March 2021 Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sold his very first Tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million. Around the same time the Land Registry ran a series of pilots to explore the possibility of using blockchain technology, such as NFTs, to provide some much needed modernisation and efficiency to the property buying process.
31 January 2022
Blue plaques and what they mean for a property owner
Blue plaques can be found on buildings throughout London marking where prominent historical figures have lived and worked. The scheme was founded in 1866 and is now run by English Heritage. Similar schemes are run outside of London by local authorities and organisations.
13 January 2022
Cladding Crisis – finally, a workable solution or more empty promises?
The Housing Secretary has detailed the government’s plan to “reset” its approach to building safety in order to “protect leaseholders and make wealthy developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis”.