CPI Update 261 – February 2026

For subscribers, the February 2026 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:

  • Signed writing for transfers of equity – Reid-Roberts & Anor v Mei-Lin & Anor.
  • Remediation contribution orders under the Building Safety Act 2022 – Edgewater (Stevenage) Ltd & Ors v Grey GR LP.
  • Service charges in mixed use premises – Cloisters Business Centre Management Company Ltd v Anvari.
  • Repair and replacement – Holy v Brentford Lock Island Residents’ Association Ltd.
  • Lender priority over overriding interests – Ashrafi & Anor v Belmont Green Finance Ltd.  

There is also coverage of:

  • The new draft legislation for commonhold and leasehold reform.
  • New rules on implementation where there are challenges to planning consent.
  • The Government’s response to its recent EPCs consultation.
  • Future EPCs and MEES changes for domestic property.
  • Land transaction tax changes: multiple dwellings relief and other amendment regulations.
  • Conditional contracts and judicial review.
  • 1954 Act compensation.

Published on 1 February 2026.