Welcome to your weekly round-up of the pick of the content published on EG Legal over the past seven days.
This week, we have the second in our two-part article series on holiday lets, this time looking at the restrictions on owners renting out their properties short-term. In addition, looking ahead to a possible future pandemic, should lease drafting evolve to benefit the tenants of tomorrow? Other topics include the tax treatment of dilapidations payments, the momentum building on climate action, protection against the threat of terrorism and more.
Legal news
Judge blocks last-minute changes in upcoming Abu Dhabi royals clash
Planning permission quashed after more than six years
Judge dismisses £250m One Blackfriars valuation dispute
Legal features
Legal note: Can a landlord grant a lease to himself and another party?
Allyson Colby analyses a Court of Appeal decision on the complicated ownership of a family farm
Happy holidays? What to do when owners breach lease terms
David Eminton discusses whether a residential long leaseholder can use their property for holiday lets Tags: EGLRP_Features
Drafting for the next pandemic
Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC and Kester Lees ask: should there be a radically different approach to lease drafting to assist tenants in the future?
A taxing question around dilapidations
Simon Hartley addresses HMRC guidance which has caused uncertainty about the tax treatment of payments relating to dilapidations
Building resilience: managing climate risk
The challenge may seem insurmountable, but climate action momentum is building, write Christi Vosloo and Annabelle Harris
Protection against terrorist threats
Anita Zacharia on what the proposed new protect duty might mean for owners and operators
Practice points
The relevance of conduct and arrears in the making of rent repayment orders
Awad v Hooley
Proprietary estoppel and the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989
Howe v Gossop
EIA concerns not a bar to major urban extension
Abbotskerswell Parish Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Case summaries
R (on the application of Croyde Area Residents Association) v North Devon District Council
Judicial review – Extension of time – Planning permission
Chuan-Hui and others v K Group Holdings Inc and others
Landlord and tenant – Appointment of manager – Service charges
Howe and another v Gossop and another
Land – Proprietary estoppel – Oral agreement
Blackbushe Airport Ltd v R (on the application of Hampshire County Council) and another
Commons – De-registration – Curtilage
Chelmsford City Council v Leisure Parks Real Estate (Holdings) Ltd and others
Town and country planning – Caravan park – Injunction
Cuciurean v Secretary of State for Transport and another
Trespass – Sanction – Persons unknown
Law report
Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance Ltd and others
Insurance – Business interruption policy – Interpretation
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