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Property weekly highlights—22 September 2022

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Published on: 22 September 2022

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Table of contents

Transferring property
HM Land Registry releases guidance on applications involving overseas entities
Property taxes
VAT payable on break fee
ATED late filing penalties—binding update from Upper Tribunal
Property management
Challenge to UKSA’s decision to align RPI with CPIH dismissed
Insurance
Outcome of report on multi-occupancy buildings insurance market report published
Residential property

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Article summary

This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: new guidance from HM Land Registry on applications involving overseas entities, a Scottish appeal case on VAT and break payments, more on the dismissal of the judicial review claim in relation to the change in methods to compile the retail prices index and the latest on the review of buildings insurance market for multi-occupancy buildings.

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