Legal features
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CPOs: hope is lost
Matt Pugh on controversial powers that may lead to routine removal or capping of “hope value” in compensation awards for social housing and NHS land acquisitions
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Easements and ouster under Supreme Court scrutiny
Clara Hilger welcomes the prospect of the highest court clarifying a complicated law
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The South West property play behind UK defence growth
An existing concentration of defence occupiers offers an opportunity to provide the sites for defence-led growth
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AI: an assistant, not a replacement
Hannah McFadden and Lucy Moore grapple with the realities of AI and its increasing importance to property lawyers
Legal news
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Council loses appeal over years of flooding at Cheshire home
Clearing the drains before a flood rather than after would have cost council nothing extra
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Government seeks views on national land use stats
The new National Geographic Database gives a more detailed picture of England’s land
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Leaseholder of Glasgow celebrity restaurant fails in Supreme Court profits bid
The Rogano is one of the city’s oldest restaurants
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Peckham campaigners to challenge Berkeley Homes development in High Court
Aylesham Community Action has crowdfunded legal costs
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Trio of property partners joins Edwin Coe
London law firm also adds to its private client practice
Legal categories
Practice points
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Compulsory purchase compensation for inability to develop remaining site
Land taken to form a new Stoke Mandeville Bypass as part of the HS2 project
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Covenant modified subject to payment of original consideration
The case concerned a former RAF Swinderby site in Lincolnshire
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Overage covenant must be assigned/annexed to be enforceable
Concerning a land swap agreement
Case summaries
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Kensington Mortgage Co Ltd v Price and others
Mortgage – Mortgagee in possession
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Eaton and another v Cheshire East Council
Nuisance – Flooding
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ABN Group Holdings Ltd v Yarrow (PC) Ltd
Landlord and tenant – Forfeiture of lease
Law reports
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Westminster City Council v Gems House Residences Chiltern Street Ltd and another
Town and country planning – Affordable housing
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Thomas and another v Nicholas and others
Nuisance – Negligence
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Hamer v Levy
Landlord and tenant – Assured shorthold tenancy
Transcripts
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Kensington Mortgage Co Ltd v Price and others
Mortgage – Mortgagee in possession
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Eaton and another v Cheshire East Council
Nuisance – Flooding
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ABN Group Holdings Ltd v Yarrow (PC) Ltd
Landlord and tenant – Forfeiture of lease