10 May 2011 | Madeleine Wakeley
The Department for Communities and Local Government has recently issued guidance on the question of whether or not an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is required for holiday lets. The guidance confirms...
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6 May 2011 | David Marsden
Cala Homes (South) Ltd’s long-running legal battle with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has now reached the Court of Appeal.
Cala Homes is challenging the Government’s...
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20 April 2011 | Stephen Carew
The landlord, as the freeholder of a block of flats and shops, gave notice to the leaseholders of the flats of its intention to carry out works amounting to £270,000. The tenants applied to the Leasehold...
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19 April 2011 | Stephen Carew
Wimpey Homes and Gloucester Housing Association applied to the Lands Tribunal to modify a restrictive covenant under section 84(1)(aa) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925).
The covenant stated...
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19 April 2011 | Tim Brittain
Following promises made by the Chancellor in his recent Budget Report, the Government has now launched an informal consultation on UK Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
In his Budget, the Chancellor...
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15 April 2011 | David Power |
The Government has launched a consultation on ending the requirement to obtain planning permission for a change of use from a commercial property to a residential property.
The consultation paper, Relaxation...
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10 March 2011 | Laura Seaman |
New research by legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell has found that the number of High Court legal disputes between commercial property landlords and tenants has surged by 43 per cent.
Although most...
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