Authors: Andy Bruce, Martin Elliott, Patrick Plant, Tom Watkins, Siobhan Burton, Tracey Kennedy

UK - Real Estate: Covid-19 - Landlords banned from aggressive rent recovery action

A month ago to the day, we published an article summarising Covid-19-related Government Support Measures affecting commercial Real Estate so far, and in particular the 3 month moratorium on forfeiture of commercial leases. On 23 April, in a further blow to commercial landlords, the Government announced the introduction of further emergency and temporary support measures to protect tenants against aggressive debt recovery by landlords.