All Legal & Professional articles – Page 11
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Angela Lowe, senior director at CBRE
Angela Lowe, senior director based in CBRE’s Edinburgh office, on how she joined the property industry, her top TV and music picks, how she would spend a million pounds and her number-one travel destination.
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ProfessionalAdd fluctuation provisions to tackle economic uncertainty
The rise of inflation and the cost of materials has been a key concern in the construction industry recently.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Zach Douglas, CEO and co-founder of Orega
Zach Douglas, CEO and co-founder of serviced office provider Orega, on how he got started in property, his top film and album picks, the celebrity he’d most like to meet and the most ridiculous fact he knows.
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ProfessionalHillside has caused a headache
Following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hillside Parks case (p39, 18.11.22), varying large multi-unit consents may require a replacement application covering the whole site.
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ProfessionalLook to Norway for a green path
Norway usually arouses little global interest – but in relation to its long-term practice of sustainable development, there is much that other countries can learn.
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ProfessionalA little magic can go a long way when creating special spaces
People don’t universally love new places. New developments are typically seen as soulless, manicured or too perfect. This is a particular struggle for areas dominated by corporate offices, where workers ship in and ship out on commuter trains with little reason to engage with the communities around them.
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ProfessionalBSI guidance offers hope for neurodiverse-friendly spaces
PAS 6463 is set to help architects, developers and property professionals make practical changes to schemes
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ProfessionalUnderstanding resi liabilities
Resident-owed management company and freeholder 89 Holland Park (Management) was called upon by the leaseholders to object to planning permission and enforce a covenant against a neighbouring property.
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ProfessionalQ&A; Five minutes with Nikki Davies, managing director, MPC
Nikki Davies, managing director of built environment consultancy MPC, on how she got started in property and her cultural recommendations.
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ProfessionalSupreme Court casts doubt on the legitimacy of masterplans
Rejection of Hillside Parks’ Aberdovey appeal could have implications well beyond the Welsh seaside parish.
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ProfessionalStreamlining lease agreements
UK office landlords continue to face fresh challenges. With occupiers weighing up their long-term response to hybrid working, as well as recent unprecedented political instability and economic headwinds on the horizon, vacancy rates are up.
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NewsHeritage body accuses M&S of defamation over Oxford Street enquiry
A row has broken out over M&S’s comments about evidence given by SAVE Britain’s Heritage trustees at the recently closed public inquiry into the redevelopment of the retailer’s flagship store on Oxford Street.
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ProfessionalHousing sector heading for MMC
Housebuilders staring down the 2025 Future Homes Standard – which will mandate a 75% to 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions produced by new homes – face a tidal wave that will not wash over without the wholesale adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC).
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ProfessionalTapping into suburban flex space
For flexible workspace operators, big cities are still massively desirable, and understandably so, as they have established markets and are still attractive places for people to work in. But changing work patterns are opening up potential new locations for flex space offers.
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ProfessionalConveyancers told to brace for worsening economic outlook
CLC tells its members to prepare for slowdown in workloads ahead of expected falls in transaction volumes.
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ProfessionalFlood-risk assessments ever more vital amid climate crisis
Flood-risk issues take time to assess and can scupper transactions due to time delays and unforeseen costs
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NewsDirectors banned for ‘abuse’ of investor funds in care home scheme
A pair of company directors have been disqualified after they abused millions of pounds in investors’ funds in a care home investment scheme, described by the judge as an “appalling exploitation of relatively unsophisticated investors”.
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InsightLandlords fear rental overhaul may be harmful to investment
Repeal of Section 21 and other reforms may disincentivise HMO landlords from increasing investment.
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ProfessionalWhat is the process for evicting a residential long-leaseholder?
Evicting a residential long leaseholder for breaching their lease is, quite rightly, a court-heavy, cumbersome process and one that too often freeholders and managing agents are not keen to embark on.
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ProfessionalGreen growth remains essential
The UK finishes its year-long presidency of COP26 in a different position to how it began.
