Legal
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Vanquish Properties (UK) Ltd v Brook Street (UK) Ltd
Landlord and tenant Break clause
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Vanquish Properties (UK) Ltd v Brook Street (UK) Ltd
Lease – Termination – Break clause – Defendant holding lease of part of building containing break clause – Claimant limited partnership acquiring overriding lease of whole building – Claimant serving…
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R (on the application of Cooper) v Ashford Borough Council
Town and country planning Development plan policy
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R (on the application of Cooper) v Ashford Borough Council
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Development plan policy – Claimant applying for judicial review of grant of planning permission for gypsy site – Whether planning application being made…
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A break notice was invalid because it named the wrong entity as the landlord
It is well known that partnerships do not have separate legal personality and that they cannot buy or lease premises in their own name
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Battle of the barracks
The £959m sale of Chelsea Barracks, which used sharia financing, will generate no SDLT, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Alex Barnes looks at the implications of the case
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What is going on with BHS?
Michael Metliss and Jeremy Stephen highlight some important questions raised by the demise of BHS and what they mean for the future of tenant insolvency and company voluntary arrangements
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Chaturachinda and another v Fairholme and another; Abingdon Gardens Management Ltd v Fairholme and another
Party wall – Party Wall etc Act 1996 – Special foundations – Basement – Proposal to construct basement extension using reinforced concrete box resting on mass concrete strip foundation –…
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Planning notes: No end in sight…
Martin Edwards offers a guide to the changes introduced by the Housing and Planning Act 2016
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Legal notes: Are you being served?
Landlords must provide tenants with their up-to-date addresses so notices can be served
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How to Airbnb
Riccardo Calzavara offers a need-to-know guide to potential pitfalls for would-be landlords seeking to enter the short-letting market
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MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd
Contract – Variation – Anti-oral variation clause – Appellant occupying managed office premises under licence from respondent – Parties entering into new licence agreement for occupation of larger premises at…