On 16 April 2021, the UK High Court held that the landlord of a shopping centre (L) was entitled to summary judgment against its retailer tenant (T) for rent and service charge arrears incurred while the UK Government's COVID-19 measures had restricted T's ability to trade.

The overall aim of the call for evidence is to understand how landlords are responding to the build-up of rent arrears that occurred as a result of businesses being unable to trade normally during the Covid-19 pandemic.