James Lumley
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Photo studio wins planning dispute over Hoxton warehouse
One of Europe’s foremost photographic studios has successfully blocked plans to turn a Victorian warehouse complex into shops and flats.
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Travis Perkins loses planning battle over Pimlico timber yard
Travis Perkins has failed in a bid to stop London’s oldest surviving timber yards from being turned into flats and shops.
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Call for judicial review over Paddington Cube plans
Architecture conservation group Save Britain’s heritage (SAVE) told a High Court judge today that plans to build a 19-storey tower called “The Cube” opposite London’s Paddington Station should be rejected.
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Call for Paddington Cube plans to be thrown out
Architecture conservation group Save Britain’s heritage (SAVE) told a High Court judge today that plans to build a 19-storey tower called “The Cube” opposite London’s Paddington Station should be rejected.
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Monaco property entrepreneur challenges £1.6m lawyers bill following court spat with multimillionaire tycoon
A Monaco-based property entrepreneur has successfully challenged a legal bill that was almost five times larger than expected after he settled a lawsuit with millionaire Scottish businessman Lord Irvine Laidlaw
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Head lessee can’t sell off ‘right of light’, High Court rules
A judge at the High Court in London ruled today that a head lessee of a building by London’s Royal Mint can’t sell the “right of light” attached to its lease
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Foster + Partners loses £3.6m lawsuit over Heathrow hotel
Lord Foster’s architecture firm Foster + Partners has lost a lawsuit brought by a property developer over a luxury airport hotel that was never built.
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Foster + Partners loses £3.6m lawsuit over Heathrow hotel
Lord Foster’s architecture firm Foster + Partners has lost a lawsuit brought by a property developer over a luxury airport hotel that was never built.
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Planning authorities should quantify shortfall in five-year supply of housing, court told
A planning authority erred when it dismissed an application for planning permission without properly calculating the five-year housing supply, a lawyer told the High Court in London today.
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Lambeth Council loses battle of Streatham Homebase due to ‘flawed drafting’
A poorly drafted planning permission notice caused Lambeth Borough Council to lose a legal battle with buyout-firm owned DIY store Homebase. Planning judge Mrs Justice Lang ruled today that the…
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Holyoake v Candy: when friendship turns sour
PART FOUR: In the final part of EG’s series on the explosive £132m court case between Mark Holyoake and Nick and Christian Candy, we detail the trial and look at…
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Holyoake v Candy: threats or hard negotiation?
PART THREE: The parties engage in a war of words during Mark Holyoake’s £132m claim against Nick and Christian Candy