Features

by Jon Mitchell. The longer-term prospects for the commercial property industry have marketing implications for surveyors now. Many marketers believe that surveyors fail to put their short-term actions into a…

by Patrick Cantrill. This article discusses, by way of a fictional case study, the extent to which architects can rely on the law of copyright to prevent the use of…

by Yvonne Court and Yvonne Rydin. While the property industry is becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of property research, few surveying practices, developers or institutions have the advantages of…

For many years property valuation tables have provided valuers with an important tool for carrying out a variety of conventional investment valuation calculations quickly and accurately.

by Hugo Hawkings. At a time when the property industry has been feeling the cold chill of recession, one area in particular has bucked the trend with a continuing strong…

by Leslie Kendall. In this recessionary market, there have been a plethora of complaints from tenants that arbitration awards do not adequately reflect current values and that there is a…

by Paul Johnston. Selling goods by instalments is common: selling land this way is not so familiar. In a difficult property market, however, it is becoming increasingly common for vendors…

by Professor John Adams. Following criticisms of the original Bill, by the author (Estates Gazette September 21 1991, p 130) and by others, the Bill was allowed to lapse.

What (if anything) is the difference between a “letter of intent” and a “letter of comfort”. Both “letters of intent” and “letters of comfort” have grown out of modern business…

by Del Williams. This is the second part of a two-part article summarising the important changes in rent review law during the past year.

by Del Williams. Another year passes and, although the property market may not be so buoyant as in the past few years, the pace of rent-review litigation has not decreased.

by Christopher Morris. Your eyes glaze over. Bored by bankruptcy, riddled by receivers, addled by administrators and licked by liquidators. But how much practical knowledge have you picked up? Try…