Falcon Chambers Arbitration has recently published three awards under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, that provide welcome guidance on the interpretation and application of the 2022 Act....more
The rules provide an arbitration procedure to determine the amount of affordable rent arrears for a commercial tenant where landlord and tenant have been unable to reach a consensual agreement. On 9 November 2021, the UK...more
The government has introduced the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill in Parliament to attempt to streamline and accelerate the resolution of the billions of pounds of rent arrears that have accrued during the Covid 19...more
The Government has finally published its response to the call for evidence in relation to Covid-19 commercial rent arrears, along with a policy statement about the proposed new legislation it plans to introduce before the...more
Two recent cases from New York state court came out on opposite ends of the landlord-tenant and landlord-guarantor divides over COVID-19-related commercial lease disputes. On the pro-landlord end of the spectrum, in Mept 757...more