Legal features
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De-risking housing delivery
Mike Ward believes the industry can address housing affordability by arranging debt and equity investment into new development projects
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Navigating building and fire safety claims: remediation contribution orders
Part 4 of our series on the Building Safety Act 2022
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AI: From resistance to readiness
A millennial perspective on embracing AI in the legal profession
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Transforming transactions
Completing our special focus on AI in real estate, we look at what the future holds
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The role of lawyers in an AI world
The use of language models for legal advice is becoming common, so can lawyers be dispensed with?
Legal news
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High Court blocks Cheshire retirement village over exaggerated impact
Councillors were misled about the project’s financial impact
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Luxury tower survives threat of demolition in major rights of light ruling
Residents in a building in London have failed to stop a development that they say will block light
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Bristol school wins village green battle with angry locals
The town green status was revoked but the feud looks set to continue
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Supreme Court rules in mortgage coercion case
Bank had a duty to investigate whether a woman was under the undue influence of her partner when she took out a mortgage
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Knight Frank comes out on top in first skirmish with property fund investors
The dispute relates to Home Long Income Fund
Legal categories
Most read
Practice points
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Neighbour dispute amounts to malicious falsehood/slander of title
Issue arose despite boundary dispute being settled
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Housebuilder still needs to prove at trial that claim is not statute-barred
The case concerned a claim under insurance policies
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No impediment to secure creditor sale
The High Court has considered a provision in section 130(2) Insolvency Act 1986
Case summaries
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Stevens v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (in liquidation) and another
Company director – Dishonest assistance
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Desai and anor v Wood and anor
Professional negligence – Insurance
Law reports
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Bratt v Jones
Professional negligence – Liability – Expert valuer
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Covent Garden IP Ltd v Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd
Telecommunications – Electronic communications code – Consideration
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White v Alder and another
Boundaries – Boundary agreement – Transfer
Transcripts
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Stevens v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (in liquidation) and another
Company director – Dishonest assistance
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Desai and anor v Wood and anor
Professional negligence – Insurance