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Planning analysis: In Barstow v Green GEN, the High Court held that notice under section 174 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HPA 2016) must be...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published a new suite of guidance on various aspects of the procedure of obtaining...
Planning analysis: In Lanchester Properties v Forestry Commission, the High Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to the Forestry Commission’s...
Planning analysis: On 3 July 2026, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published its response to the consultation on...
Statutory wayleaves and rights of accessUtilitiesThe water, gas, electricity, communications and energy industries enjoy statutory rights of access...
Planning conditions—the six testsPowers to impose planning conditionsThe general powers for local planning authorities (LPAs) to impose conditions on...
What rights of access are there over an unadopted road, the owner of which is unknown?Normally, if there is privately owned land in between a property...
What is a section 111 agreement?Section 111 agreements are agreements entered into with a local authority under section 111 of the Local Government...
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin
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