Jess Harrold
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Irwin Mitchell and Thomas Eggar announce merger
Merger will create a £250m legal services business that will be the 11th largest in the UK
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Lawyers respond to spending review
Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of new housing and planning policies, aimed at boosting home ownership, have been welcomed cautiously by real estate lawyers
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Autumn Statement: Devolution of business rates explained
Business rates are expected to feature highly in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement. Ahead of that Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Dr Paul Greenhalgh consider how the recent business rates announcements will affect the…
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Lambeth Council acted unlawfully in redevelopment consultation
The London Borough of Lambeth unlawfully removed options from a public consultation over plans to redevelop a 300-home estate, the High Court has ruled
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Court of Appeal asked: “What is a tree?”
The Court of Appeal has been asked to bring clarity to the tree preservation and tree replacement regimes by providing a ruling on what exactly constitutes a tree
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Gleeson group criticised for “lack of commercial reality” in house saga
The MJ Gleeson Group has lost an important round of a defective house dispute that has yet to be resolved after more than a decade.
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Property dispute over money in the Banksy
Property disputes don’t normally start with stone statues of seated ladies or a woman in headphones looking at an empty plinth, and end up in court.
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RBS facing fraud allegations in Property Alliance Group LIBOR action
Manchester-based developer Property Alliance Group has been granted permission to make allegations of fraud and dishonesty in its multi-million pound claim against the Royal Bank of Scotland over Libor-rigging.
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French government in challenge to Foxtons’ founder’s basement development plans
The government of France has launched a High Court attack on a decision confirming the lawfulness of Foxtons’ founder Jon Hunt’s plans for redevelopment of his Kensington mansion, which include…
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French challenge Foxtons founder’s mega-basement
The French government is attempting to Foxtons founder Jon Hunt from building a major basement extension at his Kensington mansion.
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Judge: Demolish secret castle or face jail
A farmer, who built a mock Tudor castle without planning permission, has been given seven months to knock it down, in order to avoid a three-month prison sentence
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Walthamstow “mini-Holland” cycling scheme freewheels through High Court challenge
Twenty experimental traffic orders intended to give effect to a “mini-Holland” pro-cycling scheme in Walthamstow have survived a High Court attack from local residents and businesses.