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Supreme Court ruling on negligent property valuations: Tiuta International v De Villiers Surveyors [2017] UKSC 77
The Supreme Court judgement in the case of Tiuta International v De Villiers Surveyors was handed down at the end of last month. The case involves …
What developers and planners need to know about autonomous vehicles
Developers and planners need to start preparing now for the future impacts of autonomous vehicles, Matthew White suggests in his article for Planning …
Affordable Housing: Back to Basics
This post has been superseded by a new post assessing affordable housing under the revised National Planning Policy Framework …
Commercial Service Charges – the RICS consults on proposed mandatory requirements
Commercial property practitioners and stakeholders have just under a week left to have their say on the draft text of the 4th edition of the RICS Code of …
Budget: Tax implications for real estate
Apart from a couple of pieces of good news, the Autumn Budget materials published earlier today contain a number of definite and potential changes to UK …
Affordable housing viability calculations: Herbert Smith Freehills workshops on Mayor's new guidance
Herbert Smith Freehills are running workshops for property developers on housing and viability, with a focus on London and interpreting the Mayor's …
The Potential Pitfalls of Overage
Overage provisions can be complicated, and the recent case of Sparks v Biden [2017] EWHC 1994 (Ch), offers some useful reminders of the potential …
CRC Reform - Energy usage to be reported in financial statements
News of what is to become of the CRC (formerly Carbon Reduction Commitment) Scheme post-2019 has finally arrived, in the form of a new Government …
Communal living – flexible renting within a rigid planning system
Co-living is perhaps a concept traditionally associated with the shoestring lifestyle of students. But what about curated workspaces, well-equipped gyms …
Corporate Real Estate: What's Market?
"Market" and "Off-market" are two phrases that are commonly used by commercial lawyers – but what do they really mean in the context of a corporate real …
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles - the future?
The BBC and others are today reporting the Department for Transport's news that the Government has announced funding for a "platooning" feasibility …
Increased scope of contractors' design liability
The Supreme Court in E.ON v MT Hojgaard has held that apparently inconsistent provisions in a design and build contract relating to standard of …
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