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enero 2020

Market Conditions 2020: What Lies Ahead

Market Conditions 2020: What Lies Ahead

In many respects 2019 was a bit of a stagnant year for the property sector. On the residential side, transactional volumes were significantly depresse ...

Real Estate Tip of the Week: The Registration Gap

Real Estate Tip of the Week: The Registration Gap

Landlords who have acquired commercial property freeholds and intend to serve notices to terminate tenants’ leases should be careful about the timing ...

Health, Safety and BREXIT

Health, Safety and BREXIT

Since the referendum majority vote in favour of the UK leaving the EU over 3 years ago, Brexit uncertainty has dominated the headlines. Businesses nee ...

Memorandum of Understanding between the Coroner and the HSE–6 Months on…

Memorandum of Understanding between the Coroner and the HSE–6 Months on…

In June 2019 the Chief Coroner for England and Wales issued a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Health and Safety Executive.  We take a look at ...

The Regulation of Drones: A Health and Safety Perspective

The Regulation of Drones: A Health and Safety Perspective

Following the coming into force of the Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 on 30 November 2019, the government’s position on drone misuse and the re ...

Health and Safety Prosecutions in 2019

Health and Safety Prosecutions in 2019

Looking back over the last year a number of Court cases involving serious health and safety breaches which were amongst the most notable and high prof ...

Fatal Incidents involving cattle and the public

Fatal Incidents involving cattle and the public

Every year a number of fatalities occur on agricultural sites involving cattle. This article summarises the preventative guidance those in the agricul ...

Real Estate Tip of the Week: MEES - Upcoming Important Dates

Real Estate Tip of the Week: MEES - Upcoming Important Dates

There are 2 important upcoming legislation updates that Landlords should be aware of: 1) Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards 2) Electrical Inspections ...

What the Queens speech has indicated for planning and the environment this parliament

What the Queens speech has indicated for planning and the environment this parliament

The Queens speech set out the goals of this parliament, its policies and pledges to improve Planning and the Environment in the UK, some of the key co ...

Mayor of London Carbon Offset Funds – what are they and how are they used?

Mayor of London Carbon Offset Funds – what are they and how are they used?

The Mayor of London has declared a climate emergency and has set an ambition for the city to be a zero carbon city by 2050.