Solicitors will not be held as negligent simply because an action is unsuccessful By Duncan Greenwood The case of Mervyn Lambert Plant Limited v Knights Solicitors [2022] EWHC 165 (QB) provides a…
Tenants’ office requirements post-Covid By Helen Murcott As occupiers tentatively start to think about a return to the office following more than a year at…
Hart v Large: Should surveyors be concerned? By Duncan Greenwood The first instance decision in Hart v Large last year caused concern to the surveying profession…
10 Questions on Planning Reform By Joanna Crow On 3 November 2020, Dominic Fagan of the YEP London Committee was joined by a panel of planning…
Disclosure – Damaging Documents By James Hazlett, Duncan Greenwood Following the introduction of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme in the Business and Property Courts, the…
Negligence v Criminality By , James Hazlett, Duncan Greenwood The Court of Appeal has recently reconsidered the illegality doctrine in Day v Womble Bond…
SURVEYORS’ UPDATE: UNCERTAINTY EDITION By Duncan Greenwood, Charlie Bending Welcome to our July 2020 briefing…
PI Insurance Insight By Duncan Greenwood Silk purse or sow’s ear? With effect from 1 May 2020 the RICS Minimum Terms of Insurance…
Accountancy Interpretation of Public Sector Leasing Arrangements By Duncan Greenwood, Mark Cawthorne Following a two week trial in the Commercial Court, in which DAC Beachcroft acted for the…
Flexible workplaces – the COVID-19 effect By In December last year we published an article entitled “Flexible workplaces – The PropTech effect”…
Surveyors' update - January 2020 By Duncan Greenwood, Charlie Bending Welcome to your January 2020 briefing…
Market Conditions 2020: What Lies Ahead By Duncan Greenwood Political uncertainty and economic concerns, both at home and abroad, coupled with the onward march…
Government responds to the paper published by the Science and Technology Committee on Japanese Knotweed and the Built Environment By Duncan Greenwood, Polly McBride Following the Committee’s paper of 16 May 2019, the Government has welcomed the Committee’s…
Real Estate Tip of the Week: Corporate Housekeeping and SPVs – Avoiding Obvious Traps By Failure to comply with the filing requirements of Companies House can inadvertently cause havoc in…
Seeds of Change - is Japanese knotweed undergoing a radical image overhaul? By Polly McBride, Duncan Greenwood With news that RICS is in the process of updating its guidance on how surveyors should deal with…
DAC Beachcroft's PropTech team By Tim Ryan, Alan Pratt, Alistair Cooper, Kelsey Farish The increased use of technology in property is generating a new wealth of data and information and…
Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market - the government response By Duncan Greenwood, Charlie Bending On 21 December 2017 the Department for Communities and Local Government released its formal…
Ground rents: The calm before the storm? By Duncan Greenwood This is a topic which has received a huge amount of attention over the last 12 months, culminating…
Autumn Statement 2016 – trick or treat By Duncan Greenwood Aside from the many economic uncertainties presented by the Brexit challenge, this week brought us…
Time please - know your limits By Duncan Greenwood Although there has been a significant decline in claims against surveyors relating to valuations…
Client verification - a narrow escape By Duncan Greenwood Last month, a court dismissed a claim against an estate agent accused of breach of warranty of…
Mortgage Express - Prove it or lose it! By Duncan Greenwood Mortgage Express v Countrywide Surveyors (2016) EWHC 1830 (Ch) - Having established liability…
