Estates Gazette
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It’s time for a check-up on safe sick pay
COMMENT Almost 2m workers in the UK receive no sick pay because they earn below £123 per week
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Are we on the brink of something big for life sciences?
COMMENT The property industry can help by meeting the need for scale-up space
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Pension reform is only the start for powering up life sciences
COMMENT Bidwells’ Max Bryan says change is needed to unlock the UK’s science and tech potential
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Attempts to subvert possession claims with spurious High Court applications identified
A spate of similar High Court applications in apparently unconnected cases revealed…
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Order for possession set aside as defences not properly considered
Whether an interest rate is a penalty is a question of construction which does not require evidence…
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Planning policy on removal of trees – a question of interpretation
Interpretation of planning policies must be internally coherent and realistic
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Defective building design – when does the cause of action accrue?
A cause of action in tort, relating to a defective building where there is no physical damage…
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Property agent in breach of fiduciary duty by allowing conflict of interest to arise
If a property agent is a fiduciary, he owes loyalty to his principal to act in good faith…
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Banning orders: the seriousness of offences is relevant in determining whether to make an order
In deciding whether to make an order under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Housing and Planning 2016…
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Service charges: outcomes of a landlord’s management decision engages FTT’s section 27A jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the FTT is engaged under section 27A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 only…
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Mortgage repossession: LPA receivers wrongly appointed
The knowledge of an employee is imputed to the lender and will affect enforceability
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The power to decide what is a nationally significant infrastructure project
The High Court ruled that, in certain circumstances, the power to determine whether a project…