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Property Disputes weekly highlights—13 September 2018

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Published on: 13 September 2018

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Table of contents

Disputes and remedies
New proposals to tackle money laundering in the property market
Upper Tribunal considers experts acting under success-related fees (Gardiner & Theobald LLP v Jackson (VO))
Statutory Instrument for October CPR changes now available
Residential tenancies
New deal for Social Housing—safer homes and thriving communities
Enforcing security and property insolvency
Using the correct procedure the first time or else risk perpetrating an abuse of process (Reynard v Fox)
Additional Property Disputes updates this week
Property highlights

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property Disputes highlights includes new proposals to tackle money laundering in the property market, an Upper Tribunal decision on experts acting under success-related fees, the publication of the draft Statutory Instrument for October’s CPR changes and analysis on when attempting to re-litigate after incorrectly following procedures constitutes an abuse of process.

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