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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
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The new politics of housing
If housing affects health, education, productivity and public spending, the government should see it as long-lived fiscal infrastructure rather than an upfront grant cost, argue Tom Devine and Francis Truss
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Ready, levy, go: everything you need to know about the Building Safety Levy
From 1 October, many residential developers in England will pay a new charge on their schemes – Francis Ho answers the key questions
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Flexibility over form in the right to manage
A Supreme Court decision has prioritised fairness over formalism for long leaseholders seeking to acquire rights to manage, write Laura Kent and Lucy Walsh, but leaseholders’ due diligence is still…
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How do you solve a problem like ground floors?
Retail is not the only answer for supporting vibrant residential developments
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Modernising security of tenure
Our response to the Law Commission’s latest proposals to reform Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
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Sensory accessibility in development appraisal
For developers, landowners and design teams, places that communicate well reduce risk, widen their market and strengthen the social case for investment, argues Alan Wright
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Key questions on the enfranchisement valuation consultation
The government wants a simpler and more predictable system, but can prescribed rates achieve that without creating new distortions elsewhere? Vanessa Griffiths writes on behalf of the Association of Leasehold…
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Recovering a freehold
Sylwia Barchus and Andy Creer handle a query on what happens next after a freehold has been disclaimed