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Kavish Shah successfully represents the claimants in Wilson v Attorney General

Kavish has successfully represented the claimants in Wilson v Attorney General, an interesting bona vacantia case in the Business and Property Division.

Derek Wood CBE KC co-founds Property Law Reform Group (PLRG)

Falcon Chambers Academic Fellow, Derek Wood CBE KC, has co-founded a new specialist group formed to promote the simplification and reform of the land law of England and Wales.

ReformPod: Changing Business Tenancies | Episode 3 | Contracting Out of Security of Tenure

Oliver Radley-Gardner KC and Toby Boncey explore Chapter 3 of the Law Commission's Second Consultation Paper on Part 2 of the 1954 Act, which focuses on the procedure for contracting out of security of tenure.

Judgment handed down in The Executors of Major Michael Wills v Holder [2026] UKUT 409 (LC)

The decision clarifies the extent to which contracting work falls to be counted as a relevant part of an applicant’s livelihood under the succession provisions in Part IV of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

ReformPod: Changing Business Tenancies | Episode 2 | The Scope of the 1954 Act

Stephanie Tozer KC, Tricia Hemans and Taylor Briggs delve into Chapter 2 of the Law Commission's Second Consultation Paper on Part 2 of the 1954 Act, looking at the scope of the Act and in particular periodic and short-term tenancies.