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by William Taylor. A predominant issue in recent correspondence columns of professional journals has been the question of liability for mortgage valuations, and perhaps the time has come for a…

by Peter Champness. The 1957 Treaty of Rome included obligations to establish the freedom to trade without restriction and, in particular, the free movement of persons, services and capital.

Valuation reports often state that a valuation of a building is made on the assumption that the structure contains no deleterious materials.

by Philip Lewis. In retail development, there is an erroneous belief that where North America leads, the UK will follow. Certainly, good ideas do emerge from across the Atlantic in…

by Brenda Hancock. How many readers of this journal knew that parliament passed a second Sex Discrimination Act in 1986? And if, hand on heart, they can hold up the…

by Duncan Crawford. Grants for the reclamation of derelict land can be paid to any person under section 1 of the Derelict Land Act 1982.

In stark constrast to the difficulties in contractual leasehold options outlined by David Neuberger in his part of this lecture, I am going to indulge in what could be regarded…

by Susan Elwood. In 1963, a building designed by an architect with the unlikely name of Erno Goldfinger was completed. It is now known as Alexander Fleming House, and occupied…

by David Neuberger. The subject of real property options is normally perceived as being bedevilled by technical, archaic and arcane rules.

What is an assured tenancy and how do assured tenancies under the Housing Act 1988 differ from the old-style assured tenancies?.

by Stuart Robinson and Matthew Purser. The property industry loves buzz words, and there can be no doubt that this year’s buzz word has been “B1”.

by Norman Bowie. One of the reasons for the current desire to improve liquidity in the property market has undoubtedly been the emergence of “short-termism” in the performance measurement of…