11 June 2010 | Shimon Shaw
The CBI have sent an open letter to Chancellor George Osborne stating their concerns about the proposed rise to CGT in the forthcoming emergency budget on 22 June.
The CBI argues that decreasing the...
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10 June 2010 | David Marsden
The Government has given local councils in England more powers to stop developers building homes on gardens (otherwise known as ‘garden-grabbing’).
In its coalition agreement, published on 20 May,...
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7 June 2010 | Richard John
The new coalition Government published a ‘coalition agreement’ on 20 May, which sets out what has been agreed so far between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
The following policy agreements...
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1 June 2010 | Faiza Ahmad
£30,000, £40,000, £75,000, £100,000 – significant amounts of money? Yes and these are all examples of the legal costs people across the country have recently spent on fighting boundary disputes...
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20 May 2010 | Richard John
An investigation carried out by a London law firm has revealed a huge rise in the number of professional negligence claims brought over valuations of residential and commercial properties in 2009.
The...
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20 May 2010 | Helen Chaproniere
The Consumer Code for Home Builders (‘The Code’) came into effect on 1 April 2010. It does not apply retrospectively.
The intention of the Code is to give buyers more protection when acquiring a...
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20 May 2010 | Karin Holt
The Consumer Code for Home Builders (‘The Code’) came into effect on 1 April 2010. It does not apply retrospectively.
The intention of the Code is to give buyers more protection when acquiring a...
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20 May 2010 | Richard John
The Government has announced that, from 21 May 2010, it is suspending the requirement for homeowners to provide a Home Information Pack (HIP) when selling their homes. The Government will need to introduce...
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20 May 2010 | Stephen Carew
Case law in relation to open spaces seems to be like buses. No sooner have we had the decision in Lewis, R (on the application of) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council & others (2010), developers...
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26 April 2010 | Karin Holt
With the general election only a matter of days away, this briefing looks at what the three main political parties have proposed for the housing sector in their recent policy statements and election manifestos....
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