25 Apr, 2024 Leasehold & Freehold Reform Bill undergoes Lords line by line scrutiny By Simon Kerrigan It is perhaps not surprising that many have lost track of quite where we are in terms of leasehold reform. But to provide a timely...
24 Apr, 2024 When Can the Government be Sued - Under the "Sovereign Immunity Doctrine"? By Jeffrey Nix Most everyone has heard of the “sovereign immunity doctrine” or SID. Simply put, SID means no person or entity can sue the government...
23 Apr, 2024 Why Success With Hybrid Return-To-Work Requires a Strategic Approach By Valerie Hart Hybrid work is here to stay. CBRE reports hybrid programs increased globally to 90% of all survey respondents. Yet issues related to...
23 Apr, 2024 Changes to planning enforcement time limits By Duncan Williams Significant changes laid out in the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 are due to come into force on 25 April 2024. Perhaps the most...
23 Apr, 2024 If I can afford to buy in cash, is there any advantage to buying with a mortgage right now? - Edward Allan in The Sunday Times By Ed Allan Residential Property Partner, Edward Allan provides expert commentary in The Sunday Times ‘Home Help’ segment looking at the following...
22 Apr, 2024 Developers Beware: Difficult Multi-Step Process for Obtaining and Cashing In On Appeal Bonds By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan Salome Salia John White III +2 more... Show less Porter v. Bd. of Appeal of Bos., No. 22-P-974, 2024 WL 187241 (Mass. App. Ct. Jan. 18, 2024). The case of Porter v. Bd. of Appeal of...
22 Apr, 2024 Those Appealing Zoning Board Decisions Must Comply With 20-Day Period By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan Salome Salia John White III +2 more... Show less Griffin v. Melrose MA Plan. Bd., No. 23 MISC 000277 (KTS), 2024 WL 146450 (Mass. Land Ct. Jan. 12, 2024) In Griffin v. Melrose MA Plan....
22 Apr, 2024 New JCT Design and Build Contract 2024 published By Victoria Kempthorne Joanna Preece Robert Tunningley Last week the JCT published the long-awaited new design and build contract, the first of the new suite of 2024 JCT contracts. In this...
22 Apr, 2024 Is UK warehousing a critical piece of UK Infrastructure? The simple answer is yes! By Ross Polkinghorne A recent report by the UK Warehousing Association (conducted by Savills) has shown an incredible growth in the UK logistics market. The...
19 Apr, 2024 Millennials are coming for your golf communities By Gareth Jones Once the quiet refuge for retirees, golf communities are now the new hot spot for affluent millennials who are looking to get more for...
18 Apr, 2024 Forget boomers vs millennials, the next conflict is millennials vs each other By Jack Storrs Although the average millennial is less wealthy than boomers at their age, the richest far exceed their older counterparts. This has...
18 Apr, 2024 Launch of JCT 2024 Edition: release of the Design and Build Contract By Helen Andrews The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) yesterday launched its eagerly anticipated 2024 Edition of Contracts with the initial release of the...
18 Apr, 2024 Canada hikes capital gains tax to raise billions for housing By Jack Storrs Canada will raise capital gains taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals to help pay for tens of billions in new spending aimed at...
17 Apr, 2024 The 'four-year rule' is now the 'ten-year rule' By Megan Farrant The current 4-year planning enforcement rule is changing to 10 years from the 25 April 2024 pursuant to s115 of the Levelling Up and...
17 Apr, 2024 History Repeating: Affordable Housing, Cascades, First Homes and lessons from the (fairly) recent past By Nicola Gooch Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a panel discussion about affordable housing, hosted by the LPDF. It was a...
16 Apr, 2024 "AI for a greener built world" By Edward Glass EGI reports this month that Blackstone (never one to miss a trick) is under contract to buy the ex-Britishvolt site in Northumberland ...