Celia Lloyd Davidson

Phase 1 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 will take effect on 1 May 2026, applying retrospectively to both existing and new assured shorthold tenancies. The current pre-implementation period offers an opportunity for the sector to prepare for this new regime.

Enfranchisement reform continues with The UK Government’s white paper proposing a new commonhold model to replace leasehold, aiming to build confidence among developers, consumers, and lenders. Partners Naomi Heathcote and Simon Kerrigan report on the white paper.

In this edition, our team of experts shine a spotlight on new legal developments and offer some insights on issues that are currently shaping the property market.

Boodle Hatfield, a leading private wealth and real estate law firm, announces today that fee income during the 2023-24 financial year remained strong at £33.1m in a shortened financial . Due to basis period reform changes affecting all law firms, this financial year was truncated to 11 month.