Welcome to the latest edition of Property Perspectives – your window to the dynamic world of real estate. This month's issue is packed with invaluable insights and trends carefully curated by our legal team at Cripps. As the government passes its first 100 days in power, we focus this month on the private rented sector. Jane Canham investigates the Renters Rights Bill currently making its way through parliament at pace and considers how the bill may impact our landlord clients. Concerns of the unintended consequences of the proposed legislation were raised during the second reading in the House of Commons and we reflect on the conclusions reached by the Nationwide Foundation study following a five-year study of the impact of changes to the private rented sector in Scotland in 2017.

The recent case of Siddeeq v Alaian has provided a useful reminder to landlords on their obligation to provide prescribed information to their tenant. Jade Cheng considers how this knotty issue may be affected by the Renters’ Rights Bill.

How hard do we have to try?! Iain Benson examines the detail behind endeavours clauses in commercial contracts.

In the second vlog of our series on the Building Safety Act 2022, Nitej Davda and Christobel Smales discuss existing high risk buildings and the process that needs to take place when work needs to be undertaken.

And finally, Christobel Smales provides an update on the register of overseas entities regime and considers an OE’s duty under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (ECTEA), the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) ETC!

We hope Property Perspectives becomes your go-to resource for industry news and expert legal opinion. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to reach out to me or our business development manager, Charlotte Davidson.