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This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of High Court decisions on whether quashing of a prior approval engages deemed...
Planning analysis: In Herod Property v WCC, the High Court held that a developer relying on the ‘zero CIL’ exception may lawfully decide not to submit...
Natural England has published guidance on how Local Sites in England should be selected, managed, reviewed and deselected. Local Sites are areas of...
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office...
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...
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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 point
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
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