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New coalition government: implications for the property industry

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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Approved Documents for Building Regulations 2000 published

28 May 2010 | David Marsden

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published new Approved Documents for Parts F, J and L of Schedule 1 in the Building Regulations 2000. These changes will have an impact on the construction...

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Developers: Beware Open Spaces (2)

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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Confirmation that change in economic circumstances does not entitle party to treat contract as ‘frustrated’ – Gold v BDW Trading, High Court

12 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The parties entered into a contract for BDW to build a new property development on Gold’s land. Following the contract, the projected selling prices fell sharply because of the crash in property prices....

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Planning for the 50% rate of tax – buy to let investors

26 February 2010 | Shimon Shaw

The last decade saw the rise of the private buy to let landlord. Many of these properties are jointly owned by spouses or civil partners. Without proper tax advice, the rental income will default to...

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New case: The nature of possession proceedings

19 November 2009 | Steven Mills

This is an interesting case as it sets out the nature of possession proceedings under CPR 55.  In this case, an order for possession of a property had been made in the absence of the defendant and...

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New case: Overriding interests

19 November 2009 | Steven Mills

The question the court considered was whether the second defendant had an equity in relation to the property and, if so, whether the claimant’s charge took subject to that equity. The court held that...

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