Professional Comment and Legal Views – Page 4
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Professional
Building liability orders lift the corporate veil on developers
As the first anniversary of the Building Safety Act 2022 passes, we are starting to see the cumulative effect of all the new devices for holding the residential development industry to account for the building safety crisis.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Veanna Chan, director at PLP Architecture
Veanna Chan, director at PLP Architecture, on how she got started in the property industry, her favourite film and song recommendations, her best and worst purchases and the superpower she wishes she had.
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News
Lenders seek shadow licences
Everyone knows lending criteria are tougher now than they have been for some time.
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News
Beware rights of light litigation
The cost and viability of development projects are being affected by a growing trend towards litigation in the rights-of-light arena.
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Professional
Property industry must ward against rising threat of cyber attacks
Technology can help businesses to navigate cybersecurity and protect themselves from cybercriminals.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Pamela Chesterman, planning and environment partner at law firm Irwin Mitchell
Pamela Chesterman, planning and environment partner at law firm Irwin Mitchell, on how she got started in the property industry, her top film and song recommendations and the most ridiculous fact she knows.
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Professional
Take care with coastal schemes
Developing UK coastal areas is part of the levelling-up and green agendas, with opportunities in renewable energy, aquaculture, leisure and residential. However, boundaries, ownerships and foreshore rights are not always clear. Errors can create expensive and time-intensive litigation.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Sascha Lewin, chief executive of W.RE
Sascha Lewin, chief executive of London-focused commercial property specialist W.RE, on how he got started in the property industry, his favourite book and album picks and his number-one travel destination.
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Professional
Delivering low embodied carbon
Methods of measuring embodied carbon vary and can be confusing. Whole-life-carbon optioneering should form an integral part of the strategic design decision-making process.
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Online
How has the 2022 BSA reformed the building safety regime?
The Building Safety Act (BSA) 2022 is a fundamental reform of the building safety regime with an emphasis on ‘higher-risk buildings’, which are those that are at least 18m or seven storeys tall and contain at least two residential units.
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Insight
British Land’s David Walker on getting ESG right
For most industries, environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices are now undoubtedly an imperative – but for property, getting it right represents a clear business opportunity.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Sammie Steele, managing director of placemaking and regeneration at Places for People
Sammie Steele, managing director of placemaking and regeneration at Places for People, on how she got started in property, her top book and album recommendations and her number-one travel destination.
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Professional
Identifying practical problems is vital in architectural design
Architects have a duty of care towards their clients to put commercial practicalities ahead of design niceties.
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Q&A: Five minutes with Sue Winterbourne, corporate success director at property services firm Leaders Romans Group (LRG)
Sue Winterbourne, corporate success director at property services firm Leaders Romans Group (LRG), on how she got started in property, her best and worst purchases and her number-one travel destination.
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Professional
Landlords and EV charging point operators need mutually fair leases
Electric vehicle (EV) charging points are appearing in retail parks, hospital car parks and all kinds of commercial premises across the country to help facilitate the transition to electric motoring, although some say the installation growth still needs to be faster.
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Professional
Recognising risks of forfeiture
Local authorities have long played a key role in delivering regeneration projects across the UK. This activity has gone through stages. At points over the last 10 years, one in five shopping centres changing hands were acquired by local authorities (LAs), often enabling new commercial development.
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Professional
Prepare for negligence claims
The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 were passed on 20 July – almost identically named to regulations passed in February 2023 but with an added ‘etc’.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Alan Ryall, joint managing director at advisory firm Watling Real Estate
Alan Ryall, joint managing director at advisory firm Watling Real Estate, on how he got started in property, his top book and podcast picks, how he’d spend one million pounds and his number-one travel destination.
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Professional
‘Greening’ of offices and cities is important for sustainability
Green walls, urban forests and biophilic features can be vital in enhancing workplace health and wellbeing.
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Professional
Appeal court clarifies mast rights
The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the Upper Tribunal in the case of Vodafone v Gencomp (No. 7) and AP Wireless II (UK).