When taking a lease it is important to fully assess your repairing obligations. Most leases will have an express provision for repairs. This may be…
Those are some of the findings of a House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report into NHS Property Services (NHSPS) published yesterday (5 November 2019).…
What is biodiversity and biodiversity net gain? Biodiversity is the different plant and animal species that may live in one place, such as a development…
The EU’s Habitats Directive 1992 and Wild Birds Directive 2009 (‘the directives’) protect the conservation of a wide range of rare, threatened or endemic animal…
An interesting piece of case law was issued by the Court of Appeal on 12 September concerning s106 covenants and their effectiveness in mitigating harm.…
In December 2018 the Supreme Court gave judgment in a case that, at the time, was described as “arguably the most important landlord and tenant…
Banks, secondary lenders and others who provide commercial property finance for purchasing, re-mortgaging or developing property, are always looking at ways they can make their…
The cost of evicting a tenant in the UK has reached an average of £31,000 according to London Estate Agents, Benham & Reeves. This includes…
We are approaching the tenth anniversary of the community infrastructure levy (CIL) coming into force and further reforms to the system have been made in…
