The long-awaited draft legislation from the Government, the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill, has been published along with an updated “Code of Practice for property relationships following the COVID-19 pandemic”. Whilst the Bill is still in the early stages of the legislative process (it is now in the second reading in the House of Commons with […]

On Wednesday 9 December 2020 the Government announced that commercial tenants who are unable to pay their rent will now be protected from eviction on the grounds of  non-payment of rent until 31 March 2021. The ban, set out in section 82(1) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (the Act), was previously due to expire on […]