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Checklist This Checklist is chiefly intended primarily for customers (licencees). It provides an overview of the key terms commonly and usually found in a supplier agreement to licence ‘on‑premise’ software installed on the customer’s own infrastructure. For issues related to the licensing and deployment of software as a service (SaaS), see Practice Note: Cloud computing—introduction and Precedent: Software as a service (SaaS) agreement—pro-customer, accordingly. For further reading and template documents relating to this Checklist, see the following: Practice Note: Key issues in software licence agreements Practice Note: Warranties and indemnities in software licence agreements Precedent: Software licence—pro-customer Precedent: Software licence—pro-supplier Negotiation guide—IT contracts Further information Notes (if any) Grant and scope of licence Is the software described clearly and adequately? The customer should be clear about what it is contracting for. There may also be warranties from the supplier that the software will perform as described. Who is permitted to use the software?...

To bring a business tenancy to an end on the contractual expiry date or at any point thereafter, a tenant may rely on a notice given under section 27 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). This Checklist sets out the circumstances and procedure for serving such a notice. For wider guidance on ending LTA 1954 tenancies, refer to Practice Note: LTA 1954 business lease renewal—termination. It outlines timing and the method of service in clear terms. Is the tenancy for a fixed term? A section 27 notice is available only where the tenancy is for a fixed term. It is not available for periodic tenancies. Nevertheless, a tenant may end a periodic tenancy by giving a common law notice to quit (see Practice Note: LTA 1954 business lease renewal—termination under the heading Termination of LTA 1954 tenancies). Have any other notices been served? Once a tenant has served a section 26 request, they cannot then serve a section 27 notice...

This Checklist highlights the matters a tenant should consider before issuing a section 26 request under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) to seek a new tenancy, whether during the fixed term or while the statutory continuation tenancy subsists. It addresses the tenant’s proposals, the intended start date of the new tenancy, and the identification of the competent landlord. For further guidance, see Practice Note: LTA 1954 business lease renewal—termination. What is the nature of the tenancy? A section 26 request is only valid in relation to the following: a tenancy for a term of years certain exceeding one year, whether or not carried on under LTA 1954, s 24; or a tenancy granted for a term of years certain, and then continuing from year to year Therefore, a section 26 request cannot be served if either of the following apply: the tenancy is a periodic tenancy, other than a yearly periodic tenancy that follows a...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE : The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 obtained Royal Assent on 27 October 2025. For guidance on the Act’s effect on residential tenancies in England, see Practice Note: Renters’ Rights Act 2025—key provisions. This Flowchart outlines how to end an assured (AT) or assured shorthold tenancy (AST) via section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988), including: service of a section 8 notice issuing proceedings the steps in the case leading to an order for possession Where HA 1988 applies, unless the tenant agrees to leave voluntarily, a landlord may recover possession only by using the procedures in HA 1988, sections 8 or 21, obtaining an order for possession and enforcing it. See Practice Note: Assured and assured shorthold tenancies—terminating. The section 8 process is available where the tenant has defaulted on tenancy obligations (for example, failing to pay rent) or the landlord qualifies for possession on another HA 1988, Sch 2 ground, whether during a fixed...

In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Injunctions Civil appeals New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments CPR updates 174th Practice Direction update effective 5 November 2024: The Master of the Rolls and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice have authorised the 174th Practice Direction (PD) update to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). The changes take effect at 11am on 5 November 2024. This PD update amends CPR PD 51ZE (Small Claims Track Automatic Referral to Mediation Pilot Scheme) and CPR PD 51R (Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) Pilot Scheme), expanding the obligation to engage in integrated mediation in civil matters to money claims submitted via the OCMC service. For more information, see: LNB News 22/10/2024 127—174th Practice Direction update—in force 5 November 2024. Court guidance Damages Claims Pilot under CPR PD 51ZB—updated guidance:...

In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Evidence and disclosure Civil appeals New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Consultation CPRC launches consultation on electronic service modernisation for CPR 6 and CPR PD 6A: The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has opened a consultation on revisions to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) aimed at updating how documents are served. The exercise suggests two principal amendments to CPR 6 and CPR PD 6A: first, where a legal representative has confirmed authority to take service for a client, they would be obliged to accept service by electronic means without further permission; and second, fax would be withdrawn as a form of electronic service, given email’s predominance. The consultation closes on 12 September 2025. For more information, see: LNB News 04/07/2025 54—CPRC launches consultation on electronic service modernisation for...

Original news Windemere Marina Village v Wild [2014] UKUT 0163 (LC) The landlord of a marina development – a mixed scheme on the banks of Windermere – appealed an LVT determination that replaced the apportionment of service costs payable by tenants of 26 dwellings with the tribunal’s own division, displacing the split previously set by the landlord’s appointed surveyor. Permission to appeal was granted because the question raised a point of principle with potentially wide reach. Under the lease of a dwelling at the marina, the tenant is required to contribute a fair share of service expenses, that share to be fixed by the Lessor’s surveyor for the time being, whose decision is stated to be final and binding. The central issue was whether statute renders void an agreement making the landlord’s surveyor’s assessment of the service charge apportionment conclusive and binding. What is the law in this area? The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, s 27A(6) (LTA 1985) renders void any agreement by a tenant of...

This Practice Note explains and outlines the legal and regulatory framework that applies to mobile satellite services (MSS) in the UK at present. The principal categories of communications satellite service are as follows: the MSS the fixed satellite service the broadcast satellite service Broadly, in general, both within the UK and internationally, the regimes for these services are alike when it comes to securing spectrum access (even though they may operate in distinct spectrum bands) as well as when applying for a launch and operations licence. However, they can materially diverge regarding the need for associated terrestrial licences and in particular certain elements of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) filing processes and relevant obligations under the ITU Radio Regulations. An MSS network may additionally need spectrum for communications between an Earth station and a satellite, and vice versa (feeder links), required for operation. This Practice Note concentrates specifically on UK law and regulation affecting MSS at UK level. For further detail on...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE relating to the modernisation of stamp taxes on shares framework: In 2027, stamp duty and SDRT are set to give way to a unified, self-assessed levy on securities—the securities transfer charge (STC)—to be paid and reported through a new digital portal. In broad terms, the STC’s design will align with the proposals for that tax set out in the 2023 consultation. Finance Bill 2026 (FB 2026) creates a power, commencing on Royal Assent, for secondary legislation that will enable taxpayers to pilot the digital service by self-assessing their stamp taxes on securities obligations and submitting transactions electronically via the service. This will allow reporting and payment to be handled online as part of the modernisation of stamp taxes on shares. For detailed coverage of the modernisation of stamp taxes on securities, see: News Analyses: Budget 2025—Tax analysis—Stamp and transfer taxes Tax update spring 2025—Stamp taxes on shares modernisation Tax update spring 2025—Tax analysis—Stamp and transfer taxes TAMD 2023—Stamp taxes on...

Property Disputes (PD) This beginner’s guide sets out a primer on Property Disputes (PD). It is designed for trainee solicitors and practitioners encountering PD for the first time. The guide highlights the principal issues that commonly arise in PD and signposts other Lexis+® UK sources and materials offering fuller detail on the subjects covered. Newcomers to PD will also benefit from the Overviews within each PD subtopic. These provide a summary of every subtopic, with links to pertinent content inside that subtopic to aid navigation. For instance, see: Property insolvency—overview. The PD module further includes a Property Disputes introductory materials topic, containing links to training materials and “How to guides”, “Quick guides”, plus checklists and flowcharts. The PD module centres on property disputes in England and Wales, while a distinct subtopic focusses on Scottish property disputes (see: Property disputes in Scotland—overview). If a point is not addressed in this guide, use the PD practice area Topics tab or the Topics dropdown menu to explore additional content. This guide also...

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When the fixed term of an assured tenancy (including an assured shorthold tenancy) ends and the tenant remains in occupation, a statutory periodic tenancy arises under section 5(2) of the Housing Act 1988. To end that statutory periodic tenancy, the landlord may proceed using either the section 8 or section 21 route. The section 21 option is usually preferable, as no grounds need to be proven, unless the landlord cannot meet the pre-conditions for serving a section 21 notice. In those circumstances, a section 8 notice can be used, provided the landlord can rely on one of the specified grounds. For fuller guidance, see Practice Note: Assured and assured shorthold tenancies—terminating, particularly the sections ‘Method of landlord termination’, ‘Section 8’ and ‘Section 21—pre-conditions to service’...

Statutory minimum notice For an overview of the statutory entitlement to a minimum notice period under the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996), refer to Practice Note: Statutory minimum notice. The right to statutory notice in ERA 1996, s 86(1)–(2), prescribes the length of notice needed to end the employment contract of an individual who has been employed continuously for one month or more. For this context, a ‘contract of employment’ includes a contract of service or apprenticeship, whether expressly (orally or in writing) or implied...

The position will vary according to the particular tenancy agreement in place for the parties. For this Q&A, we proceed on the basis that the landlord is not a social housing provider and we have not addressed the steps for regaining possession following service of a valid s 21 notice, nor issues bearing on the validity of any s 21 notice. The phrasing in such an AST creates uncertainty about the nature of the tenancy currently in effect. Whether a notice is issued under s 21(1) or s 21(4) of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988), the minimum notice period that must be provided is two months...