Maples Teesdale Insights

7/24/2025 11:26:28 AM

Select Committee concludes the County Court is a “dysfunctional operation”

By Tom Mills Charis Almond

The House of Commons Justice Select Committee published a highly critical report on 21 July 2025 on the state of the County Courts,...

3/28/2023 5:01:53 PM

By Tom Mills

Many property professionals will welcome this announcement. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is a key area of legislation governing the...

5/21/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Tom Mills

As has been anticipated for several weeks, the Government has now presented the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill to Parliament....

4/2/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Tom Mills

The Courts have now moved to drastically limit landlords' ability to recover possession of premises through proceedings. In addition to...

3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Tom Mills

One measure the Coronavirus Act 2020 has introduced is a statutory moratorium on the forfeiture of business tenancies for the non-payment...

2/13/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Tom Mills

The Court of Appeal has now considered whether the use of a viewing gallery at the Tate Modern constitutes common law nuisance, as an...

10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM

By Tom Mills

The move by John Lewis follows challenging developments for a number of national retailers. CVAs have, unquestionably, reflected...

6/26/2019 12:00:00 AM

By Tom Mills

Reduce, reuse, recycle is a long-standing mantra, encouraging us to be more responsible in the way we deal with waste. We have become...