Legal
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Montagu Evans secures John Lewis planning business
John Lewis has appointed Montagu Evans LLP to provide all planning consultancy services across its portfolio
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Mainly for students: Don’t get caught out by CIS
Tim Gummer and Ella McGinn outline the operation of an important and very broad tax scheme, which can surprise the unwary by treating unexpected entities as contractors
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Section 2 does not apply to dispositions of interests in land; it applies only to contracts for the disposition of such interests
Section 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 imposes strict requirements that affect contracts for the sale or disposition of an interest land. Any such contracts must…
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How will the courts interpret a rent review clause where the natural meaning of the words used result in an inflated rent?
Elmfield Road Ltd v Trillium (Prime) Property GP Ltd [2016] EWHC 3122 (Ch); [2016] PLSCS 350 concerned the interpretation of complex rent review provisions in a reversionary lease, which gave…
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Basement excavations and permitted development rights
It has not been clear whether residential basement extensions, involving significant excavation works, are or can be exempt from a requirement to obtain planning permission with regard to the permitted…
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Presumption in favour of sustainable development – again
In Wychavon, the High Court suggested that there was a general presumption in favour of sustainable development within the guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework and that the presumption…
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Paragraph 22 of the National Planning Policy Framework
In SAN Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2016] EWHC 2830 (Admin), the High Court considered the meaning of the phrase “allocated for…
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Meaning of “convert” in permitted development rights
In Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin), the High Court considered the meaning of “convert” in Class Q(b),…
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St Ives’ second homes ban lawful
The St Ives Neighbourhood Plan will be the first in the UK to require new residential dwellings to be occupied as a “principal residence”, a measure designed to decrease the…
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Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC’s 2017 crystal ball
Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC plays fortune teller once again, with his annual forecast of many of the major property cases heading to the courts this year