Philip Brown
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Court of Appeal reaches “common sense” ruling on service charge calculation
The Court of Appeal today rejected an “aggregated approach” to the calculation of qualifying works for service charges, overturning a ruling that could have drastically increased landlords’ responsibility to consult…
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Southwark challenges ‘super sewer’
Southwark council has launched a high court challenge against the Thames Tideway Tunnel, claiming the scheme will have a negative impact on Bermondsey.
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Safra selected for Gherkin
A company controlled by the Brazilian banking billionaire Safra family has been selected as preferred bidder to buy the Gherkin, EC3
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Battersea exhibitions welcome global visitors
Exhibitions to lure businesses and homebuyers to the £8bn Battersea Power Station development, SW11, were launched in cities around the world today.
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Fearless investments
Creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky. Haunted property, or sites with a grim history, are not for everyone, but what if there is an investment case?
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Evolve buys Dorking mall
Evolve Estates has bought the long leasehold interest in St Martin’s Walk shopping centre in Dorking, Surrey, from Stamford Properties.
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US law firm signs up for London Wall prelet
US law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is under offer for more than 60,000 sq ft at Brookfield Office Properties’ and Oxford Properties’ 2 London Wall Place, EC2.
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Scots appoint Hamilton
Scottish Property Federation has appointed John Hamilton, chief executive of Winchburgh Developments, as its new chairman
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Knight Frank hires Mackenzie
Knight Frank’s Glasgow office has poached Colin Mackenzie, one of the city’s best-known office agents, from rival firm DTZ
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Lend Lease signs Touchwood plan
Lend Lease Retail Partnership and Solihull metropolitan borough council have signed a development agreement paving the way for a major new phase of the Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull.
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Partners plan Cardiff Central Square
Rightacres and Cardiff council have drawn up a 1m sq ft masterplan for the Central Square scheme in the heart of the city.
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An objector leaves it too late to comment on the proposed terms of a planning obligation
A further practical point arose in R (on the application of Perry) v London Borough of Hackney (see PP 2014 165). It related to a planning obligation entered into in…