All articles by Mark Shepherd – Page 13
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Professional
Brown is biding his time with JPUTs, warns BPF
Chancellor may still act on tax-free offshore vehicles when REITs are introduced, say experts
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ProfessionalWorking against the clock
Lawyers are turning their backs on long hours and the stress of the City in search of a better quality of life. Illustrations by Nishant Choksi
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Professional
Lawyers rush to beat JPUT clampdown
Investors speed through transactions before pre-Budget report closes tax loophole
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ProfessionalLet battle commence
Contractor and developer Sir Fraser Morrison is due to face Anglian Water Group in the High Court next week.
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ProfessionalREFORM or RUIN
Over the next two months members of the RICS will have their say on a package of radical reforms. Without these changes, claims chief executive Louis Armstrong, the future of the Institution is at risk from government regulation. Over the next four pages we debate the key proposals and ask ...
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Professional
Lawyers seek assurances over home inspector standards
Law Society calls for clarification on home surveyors for home information packs
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Professional
Faking and entering
Soon you will be able to sign deeds online using a new Land Registry computer system. But many fear hackers could break in and defraud owners and buyers on a massive scale.
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ProfessionalLittle in common
One year on from the introduction of commonhold legislation, Mark Shepherd looks at why the UK is so reluctant to follow Australia’s tried-and-tested approach to property ownership
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Professional
Government to lose three key planning staff
Industry fears the departures could undermine years of lobbying
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MarketsProbe into BT payments threatens UK ratings system
Investigation sparked after telecoms rival says calculation method amounts to ‘state aid’
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ProfessionalTrouble ahead
The number of appeals against the 2005 rating list has dropped dramatically from the 2000 list, but surveyors claim it is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Professional
Join the queue
A lack of experienced arbitrators is causing serious delays in retail park rent reviews.
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Professional
Developers lobby for Crossrail compensation
Canary Wharf Group, Portland Estates, British Land and Hammerson are among 358 objectors
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ProfessionalPlanning the barricades
A row over permission for anti-terrorist road blocks around the US embassy (left) will come to a head next week.
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Professional
Legal ease
Attempts by the property industry to cut legal jargon from leases are gaining support. But there are fears that the simplification of contracts could jeopardise the legal position of landlords and tenants.
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Professional
Illegal aid?
The government is facing allegations that the way it calculates BT’s business rates amounts to state aid. Mark Shepherd reports
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News
£80m City of London rating victory
Valuation office to retrospectively cut business rate bills by 8%
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Professional
RICS: we want to police money laundering
Institution lobbies to regulate estate agents under new European Commission rules
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ProfessionalTerminal animosity
Coventry airport is fighting for its future. Photographs by Anthony Lycett
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Professional
Tesco and ING square up over subletting dispute
Supermarket claims damages after landlord refuses permission to sublet
