10/6/2025 10:53:17 AM Homebuying Reform: What It Means for Developers and Registered Providers By Stavrina Tofallis The UK Government’s newly proposed overhaul of the homebuying process, which is being hailed as the most significant reform in decades,...
9/30/2025 11:00:39 AM Real Estate & Projects Newsletter & Vlog: September 2025 By David Bullock Ben Halsey This month’s theme is housing – including shared ownership accommodation and leasehold enfranchisement (lease extensions, freehold...
9/29/2025 1:23:20 PM The Whole Kit and Caboodle - Installing External Kit in Leased Property By Marisa Lambkin Ben Halsey Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning or ‘HVAC’ units, satellite dishes, ducting and extractors - there are numerous examples where...
8/28/2025 8:13:08 AM Epping Forest injunction case in the Court of Appeal today By Hannah Langford Will O'Brien It’s rare for planning cases, let alone enforcement proceedings, to make headline news however the application for permission to appeal...
8/22/2025 9:10:15 AM Real Estate & Projects Newsletter & Vlog: August 2025 By David Bullock Ben Halsey This month our newsletter is themed around the work of our commercial property team with a focus on issues for investors and occupiers...
8/21/2025 1:07:41 PM No one size fits all: grant of injunction to prevent planning breach By Will O'Brien Hannah Langford Camilla Weston The law provides that the Court must carefully undertake a balancing exercise on the facts when a local planning authority applies to...
8/5/2025 11:46:06 AM Proposal to Outlaw Upwards Only Rent Reviews By Jamie Barden Dan Moan Ben Halsey On 10 July 2025, the Government introduced the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (the Bill). The purpose of the Bill is...
8/1/2025 1:54:28 PM Should I stay or should I go? The Law Commission (LC) is consulting on future of chancel repair liability By Marisa Lambkin Ben Halsey Let's go back to October 2013, when we all thought that chancel repair liability (CR) was going to be abolished. Deeply embedded in...
7/31/2025 12:49:43 PM Awaab's Law – a legislative update and, separately, recommendations for development transactions By Triya Maicha Baljit Basra Charlotte Sawyer Ben Halsey +1 more... Show less Background and Recent developments As readers will be aware, the introduction of Awaab's Law marks a significant shift in the...
7/28/2025 2:44:38 PM Investors, Insolvency and necessary Investigations - steps for landlords By Marisa Lambkin Ben Halsey First this year we had Quiz’s (second) round of calling in the administrators. Next, Poundland’s ironic asset sale for…£1. Now River...
7/23/2025 2:39:01 PM Guidance on Level of Detail for Gateway Applications By Mark London James King Following on from our earlier article regarding the publishing of new Construction Leadership Council guidance (“CLC”), this article...
7/23/2025 2:19:09 PM CLC Issues New Guidance to Tackle Gateway 2 Delays By Mark London Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha Following on swiftly from the recent Fast Track Process announcement, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released a suite of...