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by Ann Markwick. The property industry will feel significant repercussions from the Single European Market (SEM) after 1992. Some are obvious, such as the spur to activity from extra economic…

What are the powers of a local planning authority to revoke an existing planning permission?. The revocation (or modification) of an existing planning permission becomes a possibility and, perhaps, a…

by John Organ. 1992 is just a state of mind. With or without political unification, the business world is already integrating Europe.

by Professor J E Adams. Those elements of disregard in a rent review formula which relate to tenant’s improvements, tenant’s occupation and goodwill are still frequently catered for by the…

As commonhold, a new scheme of land ownership for separate properties that are interdependent, is discussed in Britain, what can we learn from Australia? After more than 20 years of…

by Delyth Williams. During 1990, litigation continued to interpret and explain the operation of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part II.

by John Butler. In the current economic climate tenants will be looking very closely at their level of overheads and, in particular, accommodation costs.

In a recent article reference was made to various publications by the Building Research Establishment. Is it possible to provide more information on the range of material available?.

by Christopher Morris. Businesses expand and contract according to market conditions. A business which has unexpectedly ceased to expand or which is passing through a period of contraction (“Status Co”)…

by Tim Asson. From 1987 to November 1990 bank lending to property companies increased from £10bn to over £38.9bn. During the past 12 months property prices have fallen for the…

by Jeremy de Souza. Before the introduction of the new rating system, landowners were in practice able to avoid liability to rates on the sporting rights retained by them over…

Little publicity has been given to the Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 1990, and for those who have found the VAT legislation introduced in the Finance Act 1989…