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Property weekly highlights—11 January 2018

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Published on: 11 January 2018

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Table of contents

Property development
Electronic Communications Code—related Ofcom documents
Guarantees for new-builds
Construction (Retention Deposit Schemes) Bill
Leasing property
The Law Commission’s 13th Programme of Law Reform
Claims for possession and mesne profits
Residential insurance payments—double insurance
Right to buy
Property management

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property highlights includes: a review of the Ofcom documentation which accompanies the new Electronic Communications Code and of the Law Commission’s 13th Programme of Law Reform and cases on new-build guarantees, claims for mesne profits, insurance payments and service charge demands.

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