Legal
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Landowners face wholly disproportionate remedies, made “toxic” by inflation, for falling into arrears with rentcharges
Rentcharges over freehold land date back to the 19th and very early 20th centuries.
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Neighbourhood Planning Bill unlikely to solve planning condition delays
New provisions in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill placing restrictions on pre-commencement conditions in planning permissions are “eye-catching”, but unlikely to be effective, a lawyer has warned.
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R (on the application of Flint and another) v South Gloucestershire Council
Town and country planning Lawful use certificate
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R (on the application of Flint and another) v South Gloucestershire Council
Town and country planning – Certificate of lawful use – Planning conditions – Defendant local authority granting lawful development certificate for use of land and buildings as shooting school –…
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Roberts and others v Lawton and others
Rentcharges Validity
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Roberts and others v Lawton and others
Lease – Rentcharge – Mortgage by demise – Appellants holding long rentcharge leases of respondents’ properties granted by third party company pursuant to section 121(4) of the Law of Property…
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Gladman Developments Ltd v Sutton and others
Sale of land Contract
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Gladman Developments Ltd v Sutton and others
Sale of land – Contract – Offer and acceptance – Claimant company carrying on business of developing land – Claimant entering discussions with defendant owners about developing their land –…
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The court may refuse to award damages in lieu of an injunction if a developer’s conduct has been high-handed or unneighbourly.
The property world has been particularly sensitive to claims to rights to light since HXRUK (II) (CHC) Ltd v Heaney [2010] 3 EGLR 15, when the court granted a mandatory…
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Howard Kennedy appoints new head of planning
Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its real estate team with the appointment of partner Martha Grekos as head of planning.
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The public procurement regime did not apply where a developer was not under any legally enforceable obligation to carry out work
EU procurement rules set out a legal framework for procuring contracts for public works or services above a certain value in order to open them up to competition.
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Ottercroft Ltd v Scandia Care Ltd and another
Party walls – Right to light – Joint tortfeasors – Parties owning adjoining properties – Dispute arising out of appellants’ proposed redevelopment of property by constructing store room and erecting…