Legal features
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Public-private partnerships in placemaking
The final in a three-part placemaking series looks at collaborative opportunities
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Reforms to commonhold and social housing
The implications of the government’s proposed reforms for shared ownership and registered providers on new developments
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21st century lessons in property litigation
Issues that have come and gone in the last quarter of a century
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A retail tenant’s perspective on 1954 Act reform
Why the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 still has a valuable role to play in bricks and mortar retal
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Unintended consequences of the Building Safety Act 2022
The insurance implications of a tribunal decision
Legal news
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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The town green status was revoked but the feud looks set to continue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
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Court of Appeal rejects $900m bankruptcy petition
KSCP has been in dispute with Saudi Prince Hussam Bin Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the past 15 years
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Trocadero insurance rent claim will spur cases, says lawyer
Last week’s High Court ruling could affect every commercial property in the country
Legal categories
Most read
Practice points
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Principal sum and moratorium
Concerning whether the principal sum is a moratorium debt or not
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Does rent or the tone of the rating list determine rateable value?
Regarding the assessment of a purpose-built distribution warehouse
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Lenders obliged to protect vulnerable borrowers in hybrid transactions
Bank failed to take steps to follow the Etridge protocol
Case summaries
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Forbes v Interbay Funding Ltd; Forbes v Seculink Ltd
Mortgage debt – Enforcement – Mental health crisis moratorium
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Gorgievski v Griffiths and others
Housing – Rent repayment order – House in multiple occupation
Law reports
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R (on the application of Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council and another
Local authority – Planning application – Voting rights
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Odeon Arcade Ltd v Smartestenergy Business Ltd
Company – Winding-up – Advertisement of petition
Transcripts
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Forbes v Interbay Funding Ltd; Forbes v Seculink Ltd
Mortgage debt – Enforcement – Mental health crisis moratorium
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Gorgievski v Griffiths and others
Housing – Rent repayment order – House in multiple occupation