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Real Estate Tip of the Week: A Weather Warning for Landlords
There is a perception that owners and occupiers should not clear ice and snow from roads and footpaths outside their premises for fear of being sued. ...

Real Estate - Tip of the Week: Enfranchisement - There's something in the Airspace
The recent ruling by the Upper Chamber of the Lands Tribunal in LM Homes Ltd and others v Queen Court Freehold Company Ltd reconfirms how difficult it ...

Real Estate Housebuilder Top Tip: Reasonable Endeavours - should I be relaxed?
An obligation to use "endeavours" to discharge a covenant is commonly encountered by housebuilders when negotiating land documents. The effect is that ...

Real Estate Tip of the Week: Disclaimer: A Short Guide
If you are a landlord where the tenant company goes into liquidation you should consider your options carefully before taking any action.

Real Estate Tip of the Week: Co-insure, but don't co-exist
An increasing number of tenants (and their advisors) are alive to the fact that merely noting their interest on their landlord’s building insurance po ...

Court confirms a realistic approach to housing delivery as opposed to an aspiration
The High Court has found that a planning officer's report had materially misled a planning committee regarding the impact a new development could have ...

Court quashes planning permission that inadequately considers impact on daylight
The High Court has found that it is for a local planning authority to demonstrate the five-year supply of deliverable housing needed to avoid triggeri ...

Real Estate - Tip of the Week: S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd - Cruel Intentions?
On Wednesday the Supreme Court handed down its eagerly awaited judgment in S Franses Ltd -v- The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd, providing important gui ...