GC Collective By Ben Daniels The GC Collective collection offers insight and comment for General Counsels (GCs) and in-house legal teams.
Housebuilder Top Tip: Nothing (joint) ventured nothing gained By David Manifould The use of corporate joint ventures to share risk and reward is now an integral part of the business model for many house builders. Most corporate joint ventures, whether via a company or an LLP, are structured so that they are effectively 50:50…
Future Proofing By Andrew Morgan Future visions of super connected, energy efficient homes in greener locations are all becoming a reality with recent or proposed changes to legislation and regulation. These improvements represent great progress but keeping up to speed with change…
Housebuilder Top Tip: Biodiversity Net Gain and the Environmental Bill By Simon Curran Biodiversity net gain is an approach to development that aims to leave the natural environment in a measurably better state than previously found. A number of Local Planning Authorities have incorporated this approach into their Local Plans, but the…
Comment: On Government plans to regenerate England’s cities By Christopher Stanwell The Government has announced a change in the methodology for calculating the number of new homes needed in England and their location. The housing needs assessment will now form part of the Government’s “levelling-up” agenda by prioritising 330,000…
Housebuilder Top Tip: Expert determination and the Court – who should be determining what? By Lisa Skipp Expert determination is a dispute resolution process which can offer a relatively speedy and effective means to settle a dispute: it is generally an appropriate mechanism for resolving technical disputes, such as valuation issues. The dispute…
Housebuilder Top Tip: Deferred Payments and Security By Daniel Kendall It is often the case that the price paid for development land is deferred. Sometimes this is with the intention that all of the purchase price is paid in the future in one lump sum or sometimes with phased payments of part.
COVID-19: Implications for the Residential Housing Sector By Rosa-Maria Kane The first part of this article focuses on the changes made by the Act to protect tenants, and the second part explores the issues faced by landlords with respect to their obligations together with possible ways of dealing with the difficulties of…
COVID-19: Occupiers Guidance As we anticipate lockdown being extended for at least several more weeks, we answer some of the most frequently asked real estate questions by occupiers concerned about property costs, as one of their larger outgoings.
PropTech: Housing By Robert Lee In this brief viewpoint we consider how technology will disrupt the residential sector, right across the value chain, creating new business models and new partnerships. The waves of change, particularly from digital technologies and platform…
Housebuilder Top Tip - Terminating a construction contract – establishing the grounds, communicating clearly and practical realities By Dawid Stramski Terminating a construction contract – establishing the grounds, communicating clearly and practical realities
