Features

Ronald S Austin. In a three-part article which appeared in these columns in June 1986, the writer reviewed various legal aspects to be borne in mind when entering the French…

by Brian Broadbent. There are many similarities between the businesses of retail estate agency and life insurance — both are marketing a service, and for both the management of face-to-face…

by Barry Denyer-Green. Although the Housing and Planning Act 1986 received Royal Assent over a year ago, two important provisions in it on planning have only recently been brought into…

by Christopher Strang. With land values continuing to spiral in the South of England many smaller builders are being forced to widen their search for development sites, away from the…

by Simon Gibbs. Covenants by a tenant not to take certain actions without the landlord’s consent are a common feature of leases, and practitioners will be familiar with the provisions…

The Budget is here again so it is time to review the effect of a further reduction in the standard rate of tax on mortgage repayments.

by David Lewis. Investing in American real estate? The prudent first ask “why?” Then they ask “how?” This five-part series on investing in US real estate attempts to answer both…

Delyth Williams. Since the last business tenancies update appeared in Estates Gazette at (1987) 281 EG 295, several cases have reached the law reports on the operation of the Landlord…

John Sedgwick. Dr Samuel Johnson, or rather James Boswell, his famous biographer, tells us of the man who always got indigestion after eating muffins.

Patrick Cooke-Priest. There is growing concern in Government circles at the delays to public projects caused by long-drawn-out public inquiries. In this article I consider the extent to which these…

Barry Denyer-Green. Planning agreements are widely used in the control of development. They contain a variety of obligations, of both a positive and restrictive nature, which cannot usually be achieved…

Anthony Walker, K C Wong and Keith McKinnell. On December 1 1987 the People’s Republic of China (PRC) auctioned its first piece of land since the communists came to power…