In the recent case of Peters v Haringey LBC, the Queen's Bench Division decided that Haringey London Borough Council was acting within...

While the response confirms that the prudential code forbids Local Authorities from borrowing in advance of need solely to invest in...

Local Authorities have been investing increasingly in commercial property in recent years. As specialist property legal advisors to Local...

HM Land Registry and the Law Society have released a joint note on property and title fraud. The document highlights examples and key...

Executive Summary: The upper tribunal has held[1] that a defendant who had fraudulently obtained title to a property could not claim...

The Upper Tribunal recently ordered a developer to pay VAT on a redeveloped dwelling after deciding it was a reconstruction of an...

Executive Summary: The Upper Tribunal [1] recently found that student accommodation units were not separate dwellings for the purposes...

The Government has been exploring proposals to create a register of overseas companies and other legal entities owning property in the...

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have introduced a professional statement setting out new requirements for its members...

Executive Summary: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that policies for the supply of housing are ‘out of date’ where...

Executive Summary: The Court of Appeal has held on the facts that a London townhouse, parts of which had formerly been used as office...

Executive Summary: The Supreme Court has decided[1] that office premises that were undergoing redevelopment work that was so extensive...

The government has released a report on the effectiveness of CIL and suggested reforms to the system. The report has found that CIL has...

HMRC have published a consultation into potential measures to curb the evasion of Tobacco Duty in the UK. Landlords of commercial...

The Government has published the Housing White Paper “Fixing our broken housing market”. The emphasis of the Housing White Paper is the...

DJB client, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced a call for evidence with regard to a further...

The UK Government this week published the final text of a bill to create a new type of limited partnership in the UK. The private fund...

In a recent appeal to the High Court[1], it was found that notices to quit served after a purchase of a property, but before the property...

The High Court recently held[1] that a local authority was entitled to rely upon their own analysis of the effect of housing...

A recent case[1] concerning a Local Authority’s procurement of redevelopment services demonstrates that where the contract is structured...