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Property weekly highlights—10 October 2019

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Published on: 10 October 2019

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Key developments and horizon scanning
No-deal Brexit readiness report
Prorogation of Parliament
Property taxes
Updated Law Society guidance on VAT treatment of disbursements following Brabner
Property insolvency
Landlords and CVAs—Debenhams restructuring blow for landlords
Residential property
Rogue landlords
Grenfell Tower Inquiry

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property highlights includes: no-deal Brexit readiness, the prorogation of Parliament, updated guidance from the Law Society on VAT on disbursements, more on the Debenhams restructuring case, the first banning order for a ‘rogue landlord’ and a case involving the application of Jewish law to property contract disputes.

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