Legal
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Shayabalev v JSC BTA Bank
Civil practice and procedure Abuse of process
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CMS, Nabarro and Olswang to create global powerhouse
The partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang are to combine their firms and create what will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by lawyer headcount.
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No 1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd
Landlord and tenant Assignment
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No 1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd
Landlord and tenant – Underlease – Assignment – Consent – Respondent wishing to sell apartments held on long underleases – Respondent seeking declarations that appellant head lessor unreasonably delayed consent…
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Legitimate reasons for refusing licences to assign were vitiated by a landlord’s intransigence on costs
No.1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd [2016] EWHC 2438 (Ch) concerned the assignment of long leasehold interests in three high value residential apartments in London
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Global sales hurdles
Petar Orlic and Kathryn Dowsett look at the legal complications of selling commercial real estate overseas in light of reports that Marks & Spencer is reviewing its international retail estate
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10 things I hate about CIL
A planning lawyer’s wish list for reform of community infrastructure levy
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Legal notes: Partition ties
Allyson Colby chats about chattels and fixates on fixtures in her review of a recent case on vacant possession
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MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd
Contract – Variation – Anti-oral variation clause – Occupation of managed office premises pursuant to licence agreement – Licensor terminating licence on ground of arrears and claiming unpaid licence fee…
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Schemes of development: the best laid plans
If the ground is properly prepared, schemes of development bear fruit