Real Estate Development Notes

WeWork - How far can it flex?

Covid-19 and restrictions on enforcement: 2021 update - an end in sight?

Brexit isn't frustrating...at least for leases

Landlords can (for now at least) breathe a sigh of relief as the High Court has ruled that a tenant cannot bring its obligations under a lease to an end …

Opening the door to community and landlord engagement

This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Property on 24 January 2019.  Fiona Sawyer, professional support lawyer in the planning team at …

Real Estate EP4: Brexit and the UK real estate market

In this podcast, Herbert Smith Freehills' Matthew Bonye and Tom Leech QC  discuss the important Canary Wharf Group v European …

Proposed changes to permitted development rights and use classes – impact on developers and landlords

Two key themes of the Budget on 29 October 2018 were increasing the supply of housing and improving the health of high streets and town centres. …

Indigestion for landlords: a new acid test for redevelopment under ground (f)

In October, we wrote about the Supreme Court case S. Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited [2018] UKSC 62, concerning a landlord’s ability …

Landlords' motives for redevelopment – good, bad or irrelevant?

Today the Supreme Court will hear the case of S. Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited, a case which property litigators have been following …

Residential leasehold - time for change?

At the end of July, hard on the heels of the Housing White Paper published in February, DCLG issued a Consultation Paper on "Tackling unfair practices in …

When quiet enjoyment means just that

Author: Julian Pollock, Partner, Real Estate, London Earlier this year, the courts decided that, even if there is an express right to carry out works in …

Clearing a development site – using Torts Act notices

Author: Matt Leggett, Associate, Real Estate, London Piecing together a large or complex development site inevitably involves dealing with tenants and …

Development – a dampener on dilapidations claims?

Author: Julia Tobbell, Senior Associate, Real Estate Dispute Resolution, London Whilst a developer is in the early stages of planning and finance, it may …