All articles by Mark Shepherd – Page 10
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Insight
Root of Orb evil
Orb Estates head Gerald Smith was sentenced to eight years in prison this week for stealing £34m.
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Insight
Multi-let occupiers liable for common area maintenance
Legal case finds occupier liable for injuries caused by defective lift
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Professional
Big three property law firms stay on top in Legal 500
Berwin Leighton Paisner, Clifford Chance and Lovells head the 2006 legal ‘bible’
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Online
Orb Estates developer gets eight years
Gerald Smith, the property developer behind Orb Estates, was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing £34m from e-commerce company Izodia.
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ProfessionalProperty's dirty secrets
Laundering the proceeds from gun-running, drugs, prostitution and people-trafficking is endemic in property. Mark Shepherd explains how you can stamp it out.
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News
Greek tycoon to sell UK resi trio for £350m
Panayiatou plans Euro hotel spree at height of market
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Professional
The new recruits
This year’s typical graduate surveyor is likely to speak Japanese or French, have some business experience and is unlikely to have a property degree.
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News
Ten commandments to reshape commercial leases
Leaked draft calls for landlords to offer tenant-friendly alternatives
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Professional
Lady Berkeley squares up
Having defeated Mohammed Al Fayed and Fulham Football Club, Lady Dido Berkeley is now gunning for Lots Road in a test case for riverside development in London.
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Online
Property partners
Developing in an area such as the Thames Gateway may limit architects, writes Mark Shepherd
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Professional
The Rating multiplier
Could ‘class actions’ be the answer to the spiralling cost of business rate appeals?
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Professional
Section 106 inertia prompts government aid plan
60% of large residential consents have no planning gain agreement
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Online
Property partners
The expense of litigation is fuelling alternative forms of dispute resolution, writes Mark Shepherd
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Online
Landlords review High Court action with Powerhouse
Landlords rethink High Court action with PowerHouse after the retailer suddenly went into administration
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ProfessionalWinds of change
Occupiers and developers have been targeted in the government’s energy review, launched earlier this month.
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ProfessionalOn the same wavelength?
Experts are questioning whether economist Kate Barker and Gordon Brown agree on planning reform.
