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The history of social housing finance makes interesting reading and we have been involved in its story since the early 1...
In Grove Developments Ltd v Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith decided that the agreed in...
The term ‘Vacant possession’ is one of the most commonly used terms in the real estate profession.
Mediation is a form of “alternative dispute resolution” (ADR) involving a third party neutral mediator seeking to resolv...
There is no recognised standard definition of defects. However, a definition that is easy to follow is given in the lea...
The JCT 1998 edition, Private With Quantities form of building contract provided at clause 25.4.10 that the Contractor w...
A recent boundary dispute in the Court of Appeal has provided a useful reminder not only of the Court’s approach in boun...
Everyone likes the word “reasonable”, especially lawyers. It is an objective term that has been analysed and tested over...
The phrase “estoppel by convention” is not a phrase one hears very often in everyday conversation. Its legal implicatio...
It is now common practice for developers to simply cite the Oxfordshire County Council v Secretary of State for Communit...
The principles being discussed below apply to building and building contracts. Substantial civil engineering projects op...
A recent case in Warwickshire highlights how seriously planning authorities view the altering of listed buildings withou...
The High Court has recently reminded everyone that parties’ conduct can alter their legal relationship even if the contr...
In an industry which uses multi-layered contracts, often written by different people and compiled centrally, consistency...
Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (“the Act”), tenants of business premises have a statutory right to a new tenancy...
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