Features
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Still fair game for developers?
by Jeremy Wilson and Simon Milliken. The development of redundant sports grounds has always been a contentious issue, and this will be intensified as and when the current draft Planning…
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Rights of pre-emption under the 1987 Act
by Sandi Murdoch. In the first Court of Appeal decision arising out of the provisions of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 the statute was described as…
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Are developers maximising opportunities?
by Caroline Rawson-Gardiner. The UK distribution sector has shown sustained growth over the past decade, with employment within the sector between 1981 and 1989 growing at a faster rate than…
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The client is entitled to the facts
by Andrew Woodburn. One of the consequences of every property market recession over the past 20 years has been the critical examination of the role and methods of the professional…
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Environmental issues for owners and mortgagees
by Andrew Bryce. Amid the environmental hype it has become difficult for industrialists and other owners of land to get to grips with the real implications for their business of…
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The law of damages — taking your victim as you find him
It must remain uncertain which judge, or which textbook writer, first used the phrase “You must take your victim as you find him.” Almost certainly he was speaking, or writing,…
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A brave new world
by Martin Edwards and John Martin. This year marks the watershed of the planning system. The Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (“the new Act”) is now upon us, having received…
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Where now for shopping centres?
by Harold Couch. “Things will never be the same again,” said a well-known developer — not in 1991, but in 1974.
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Writing dissertations
“Dissertation,” “thesis,” “research project” and “extended essay” are terms variously applied to a major undergraduate submission, usually completed in the final year of a degree course.
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A brave new world
by Martin Edwards and John Martin. This year marks the watershed of the planning system. The Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (“the new Act”) is now upon us, having received…
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Arbitrators’ and experts’ determinations
Hywel Hughes. There has been significant correspondence during recent months concerning the appointment of arbitrators/independent experts to determine rents. My impression is that this is viewed as an unfortunate trend:…
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A developer’s survival kit
by John Robertson and James Fennell. These are uncertain times for new settlements and for well over 100 schemes now at some stage between concept and construction.