HCR Law

This Q&A considers whether an agreement under HiA 1980, s 38 has to be accompanied by a bond.

This Q&A considers landowner statements made under CoA 2006, s 15A made before a landowner sells the property.

This Q&A considers the changes made to the requirements for filing EU trade mark applications following the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 that took effect on 1 October 2017.

This Q&A considers the Local Highways Authority’s discretion to enter into a Section 278 Agreement where planning permission has been granted for the development.

This Q&A considers if planning permission imposes restrictions on a licensed premises opening hours, once operational can the personal licence holder apply for a TEN to open for longer hours than those permitted in the planning permission.

This Q&A considers the stage the construction of a dwelling must reach for that dwelling to benefit from permitted development rights allowing construction of a porch.

This Q&A considers whether works carried out in line with pre-commencement conditions contained in a planning permission, which is later quashed, will need to be reversed.

This Q&A considers whether a contract conditional on planning entered into by a landowner and a developer is a legal interest for the purpose of a section 106 agreement.

This Q&A considers whether a negatively worded pre-implementation planning condition requiring a section 106 agreement to be entered into is lawful.

This Q&A considers whether conditional contracts, option agreements, and promotion agreements are interests in land for the purposes of a section 106 agreement.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to bring a claim for passing off based on the goodwill and reputation in a mark in respect of goods against a company which has applied to register a trade mark for services.

This Q&A considers whether there is any legal requirement for plans appended to a section 106 agreement to be signed by the parties to the deed.

This Q&A considers the circumstances and procedures under which a notice may be served under HiA 1980, s 184 and when such a notice may be withdrawn in England.

This Q&A considers when building regulation approval to a development will lapse under the Building Act 1984 and Buildings Regulations 2010.

This Q&A considers the GDPR issues that arise when instructing a third party expert in criminal proceedings addressing the ability to provide the expert with personal data to allow them to advise at the investigation stage and once a prosecution has commenced.

This Q&A considers warrants and undertakings in commercial contracts.

This Q&A considers the duties and powers of local authorities and the police to remove vehicles obstructing the highway.

This Q&A considers whether a section 106 agreement is void if not all parties with an interest in the relevant land are bound by the obligations.

This Q&A considers the types of costs which could be awarded in favour of an appellant following a successful planning appeal.

This Q&A considers who is responsible for the removal of an obstruction or tipped materials from a public right of way.