The Government is in the course of introducing a radical bill which seeks to reform the current system of leasehold in the UK

On Wednesday, 11 September 2024, the new Renters’ Rights Bill was published and introduced to Parliament. 

In previous updates, we outlined that the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (“the Tipping Act”) received Royal Assent in May 2023 and will come into force on 1 October 2024.

In May 2024, the House of Lords approved the Government’s draft Code of Practice on the fair and transparent distribution of tips (“the Code of Practice”).

Continuing our series of updates on the LAFRA, we now turn to the LAFRA provisions in relation to service charges, estate management fees and the Building Safety Act. 

The LFRA was passed and obtained Royal Assent on 24th May 2024 as the last piece of legislation passed in the wash-up before parliament was prorogued. The premise of the LFRA is to provide Leaseholders with more rights and protections and to make extending their lease or buying their freehold easier and cheaper.

Our quarterly employment law newsletter, dealing in this edition with recent cases and proposed changes to fire and re-hire practices and the use of fit notes