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The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Forthwell Ltd’s appeal against Pontegadea UK Ltd concerning damages for lost trading profits at the Rogano...
The Scottish Government has issued the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Data Centres exceeding 50 MW Power Capacity)...
This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: cases on modification of restrictive covenants and tenant restructuring plans on...
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched its Regenerative Places Framework for Housing, which sets out a regenerative approach to the...
Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...
What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...
Do you have any information on the implications of building over a building line?A ‘building line’ is a prescribed frontage line for building in front of which no new building, other than a boundary wall or fence, may be erected.Generally, if a covenant to observe a building line has been broken,
The ‘ad medium filum’ ruleThe ‘ad medium filum’ rule is a rebuttable presumption that an owner of land which abuts either:•a public or private highway, or•a non-tidal river or streamalso owns the soil of the adjoining highway, or the bed of the adjoining river or stream, up to its centre line. A
Consecrated land and burial grounds—issues for developersConsecrated land — Church of EnglandFor the purposes of this section of this Practice Note, ‘consecrated land’ means any land or building which has been the subject of a service (and subsequent sentence) of consecration in accordance with the
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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