For subscribers, the January 2026 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
- Termination clauses in contracts for sale – Henley Developments 211 Ltd & Anor v Weston Homes PLC.
- Service of 1954 Act notices – Lamba v Lambeth LBC.
- Reasonableness in service charges – Spender v FIT Nominee Ltd.
- Major cost items under general words of service charges – Tower Hamlets LBC v Leaseholders of Brewster House and Malting House.
- Taking over a mortgagee’s power of sale – Fairmont Property Developers UK Ltd v Venus Bridging Ltd.
- Business rates avoidance schemes – R (on the application of Emeraldshaw Ltd) v Sheffield Magistrates’ Court.
There is also coverage of:
- The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and long-term assured shortholds.
- Consultation in residential development on estate management and adoption of public amenities.
- Consultation in residential development on freehold housing estates and rentcharges.
- Changes under the electronic communications code to rents on renewal.
- Commonhold draft legislation still awaited.
- Operative provisions for the service of notices.
- Registration of tax advisers for SDLT.
- Land Registry on avoidable requisitions.
Published on 4 January 2026.