Features

by Patrick Venning. A report on the education and training policies required by the profession over the next decade has been prepared by the RICS Education and Membership Committee and…

by Ronald Austin. In an article which appeared in these columns in March 1988, the writer updated his previous reviews of various legal aspects to be borne in mind when…

by Mark Pawlowski. Surveyors and lawyers are often faced with the difficult task of giving effect and meaning to particular words and phrases used in legal documents.

by Richard Fraser. The last two years have seen several changes to the structure of public funding for regeneration — the most recent addition to the system, city grant, is…

by Mark Ashton and Peter Dixon. The recent spate of appeals that has gone down with costs awarded against the developer has focused attention on the inherent risks of the…

by Roger Benson. Landlords and their advisers had hardly become accustomed to the ducking and weaving necessitated by the proposed VAT changes and the prospect of the abolition of the…

by Adam Greaves. The Finance Act 1988 has extended the provisions of the Business Expansion Scheme (“the BES”) to investments before January 1 1994 in companies acquiring and letting properties…

Who has the “right of first refusal” under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987?. In March 1987 there were estimated to be half a million flats in England and Wales…

by Ian Collinson and Stewart Ross. Over the next 18 months those concerned with property and development in the old metropolitan county areas, including Greater London, will experience a new…

by John Murdoch. There can be few members of the surveying and valuation profession who remain unaware of the decisions recently reached by the House of Lords in the cases…

Non-domestic rating. While the so-called “poll tax” provisions have received the major share of publicity, changes in the non-domestic sector are every bit as significant.

by Donald Troup. There will be a general welcome throughout the profession for Mr Ridley’s confirmation that the market value of land should remain the basis of the compensation code.