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Property weekly highlights—7 June 2018

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Published on: 07 June 2018

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Table of contents

Property development
Telecommunications—relocation of equipment for development
Assets of community value
New powers for councils to deliver homes
Property management
Service charges—‘Grenfell’ style cladding
Service charges—estoppel by convention
Statutory compliance
Hackitt fire safety report
Leasing property

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property highlights includes: cases on relocation of telecommunications equipment, who is responsible to pay for replacing ‘Grenfell’ style cladding, service charges, estoppel by convention, abandonment and implication of easements, a bid for legal review of the right to rent policy and analysis of the Tenant Fees Bill.

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