Stroude v Beazer Homes Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 265. This Court of Appeal case turned on the meaning of a provision in a planning agreement concerning the construction of a…
Hemingway Realty Ltd v Master Wardens and Commonalty of Freemen of the Art or Mystery of the Clothworkers of the City of London [2005] EWHC 299; [2005] 19 EG 176;…
Beaulane Properties Ltd v Palmer [2005] 14 EG 129 (CS). The High Court has surprised the property industry by declaring that the law relating to adverse possession that applied to…
University of East London Higher Education Corporation v Barking & Dagenham London Borough Council [2005] EWHC 2908 (Ch). If a restrictive covenant exists for the benefit of adjoining premises and…
Planning legislation makes it clear that any enforcement action taken by a local planning authority against breaches of planning control is at their sole discretion.
PPG 25: Development and flood risk, which was published in July 2001, gives guidance as to how flood risks should be considered at all stages of the planning process, in…
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (the 2004 Act) abolishes the existing development plan system and requires local planning authorities to put in place local development frameworks comprising local…
Whether an agreement is a tenancy or a licence is a question that often faces landlords and tenants. In broad terms, tenancies give significantly greater protection to tenants than licences.
In London, special controls restrict the use of residential properties as temporary sleeping accommodation, which is defined as sleeping accommodation that is occupied by the same person for less than…
Land Registry has clarified its guidelines on adverse possession following Nicholas Strauss QC’s ruling in Beaulane Properties Ltd v Palmer [2005] PLSCS 64; [2005] 14 EG 129 (CS).