Features

by Derek Wood. Parliament first gave security of tenure to tenant farmers in 1947. In 1976 it was enlarged to enable appropriately qualified members of a tenant’s family, on the…

by Peter Busby and Penny Hubbard. “We suspect that no court would exercise the equitable jurisdiction in such a way as to invalidate a term in the commercial agreement where…

by Stephen Brown. Ten years ago the retailing scene in Northern Ireland was arguably at its lowest ebb. As a consequence of the IRA’s commercial bombing campaign of the early…

by Richard Jones. From July 1 wide-ranging obligations have been placed on both landlords of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and their agents as a result of the coming into…

by Mark Day and Matt Davis. Environmental assessment (EA) became law in the UK almost two years ago. Since then, a large number of development applications have been considered under…

What are the French equivalents of some of the basic English building terms applicable to residential properties?. Many surveying students will tend to have studied French more recently than the…

by Delyth Williams. Developments in the law of arbitration are of significance not only to landlord and tenant practitioners but also to a wide range of surveyors practising in such…

Ruaraidh Adams-Cairns. Some farmland is no longer being farmed, and woodland, post-Lawson, no longer has the same tax breaks and advantages which it once enjoyed.

by Rod Ainsworth. Several large-scale infrastructure and development projects have in recent times involved the promotion of private Acts of Parliament.

by Robin Chapman. All successful property dealers are experienced in negotiating a price on the land which they are buying or selling but how many actually bring those same skills…

by Christopher Shores. At the start of the growth in property investment, many investors were favourably disposed towards leasehold property. More recently, a number of property professionals have declared that,…

by Jeremy Moody, Chris Findley and Julian Hosking. The law governing agricultural tenancies is now in need of major reform and review.