Forewarned is forearmed: HSF’s guide to the road ahead for real estate

<p>Herbert Smith Freehills partners join Jess Harrold to discuss the firm’s new report – Forearmed: a real estate disputes guide to likely trends in 2021 and beyond. </p> <p>Head of real estate dispute resolution Matthew Bonye, head of planning Matthew White and, from the restructuring/insolvency team, John Chetwood, each address key points raised in the report, which sets out HSF’s predictions as to where disputes are likely to arise, providing a “roadmap to preparing for the coming months”.</p> <p>Bonye, White and Chetwood address major real estate battlegrounds arising out of the pandemic, how its long-term effects will impact the way we live and work, and the changing property needs that will result.</p> <p>The discussion covers such landlord and tenant issues as unpaid rent, forfeiture, dilapidations and the position of lease guarantors; planning matters arising out of evolving priorities and changes to the system, including more permitted development rights; and questions of tenant insolvency and CVAs.</p> <p> The full report can be read at: <a href='https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.herbertsmithfreehills.com%2Flatest-thinking%2Fforearmed-a-real-estate-disputes-guide-to-likely-trends-in-2021-and-beyond&data=04%7C01%7Cjess.harrold%40egi.co.uk%7Ce9647fdf44b048292b4008d8e4b25ad4%7C9274ee3f94254109a27f9fb15c10675d%7C0%7C0%7C637510801994797791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=souNIXUe5Nao7YhuMCGevB8Dzq1%2BBg2CRmwFbCMZ3LE%3D&reserved=0'>https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/latest-thinking/forearmed-a-real-estate-disputes-guide-to-likely-trends-in-2021-and-beyond</a> </p>