Property Management Awards – Forsters Shortlisted for Legal Services Award
The Property Litigation and Residential teams began the festive season with aplomb by attending the Property Management Awards at Wembley on 1 December 2016.
Read moreThe Property Litigation and Residential teams began the festive season with aplomb by attending the Property Management Awards at Wembley on 1 December 2016.
Read moreCommercial Property Standard Enquiries ("CPSEs") - are pages and pages of questions and replies that are capable of sending even the most ardent insomniacs to sleep.
Read moreFollowing the introduction of the JCT Minor Works Contract 2016 over the summer, the JCT has now published the 2016 Edition of the JCT Design and Build Contract.
Read moreOn Thursday 25 August Megan Wade, Ed Glass and Anthony Goodmaker from Forsters' Commercial Real Estate team took part in the 8th JLL Property 5k in Regent's Park. On a scorching night, with temperatures just shy of the 30 degree mark, our runners joined over 1000 other property professionals on the course.
Read morePlanning law is not clear on whether you need permission to amalgamate two or more separate residential units (i.e. flats) into a single dwellinghouse. This is unlike the position for subdividing a single dwellinghouse into smaller, separate residential units for which it is clear that planning permission is required.
Read moreFrom 30 June, companies became subject to the requirement to file information regarding 'People with Significant Control' (PSCs) with their annual confirmation statement (which replaces the Annual Return). These measures follow earlier company law changes phased in under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (the Act).
Read moreThe recent case of Francia Properties Limited v Aristou & Others serves as, amongst other things, a timely reminder of the importance of a good understanding of the law when looking at lease clauses. In this case, the landlord of an eight flat building within a development wanted to put another flat on the roof.
Read moreOn 14 April 2016, after four years of drafting and negotiations, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been adopted at the EU level.
Read moreThere's a man in Liverpool who claims to have invented a game that in certain respects is a bit like cricket.
What he doesn't know is that for the last five years, Forsters have hosted a tournament for that very same sport.
Read moreThe recent case of Marlbray Limited v Laditi raises interesting questions on the validity of contracts.
Read moreRecent delays at the Land Registry in processing applications have posed a tricky question for lenders financing the acquisition of registered real property: on enforcement of an unregistered legal mortgage against an unregistered proprietor, would a lender be able to exercise its power of sale in relation to the legal title?
Read moreThe recent County Court case of Gareth Powell and Chloe Thomas once again highlights the importance of cohabiting couples formally documenting their financial arrangements in the event of a separation.
Read moreFor a variety of reasons, including repair and redevelopment, landlords commonly carry out works to buildings whilst there are tenants in occupation.
Read moreHot on the heels of the snappily named Protocol for Applications for Consent to Assign or Sublet (The Alienation Protocol), a group comprising several eminent QCs and solicitors have developed the similarly concise Protocol for Applications for Consent to Carry Out Alterations (the Alterations Protocol).
Read moreLast Wednesday evening, the Planning team welcomed James Maurici QC and Sasha Blackmore of Landmark Chambers, together with 40 external guests, at a seminar to discuss a series of recent cases on the interpretation of planning conditions.
Read moreThe recent Court of Appeal case of Cocking v Waring, which centres around a dog's tenacious barking, has highlighted a key difference between entering into a lease verses a licence to occupy.
Read moreProperty programmes are a staple of the television schedules in England and Wales and can often be used as a barometer of the residential property market.
Read moreParkingEye, in contrast, raised the issue of penalty clauses at a consumer level. ParkingEye managed a car park at a retail park offering free parking for stays of 2 hours or less with a fixed fee of £85 for parking in excess of that timeframe.
Read moreIn short, a LADs clause provides that the contractor will pay damages to the employer if there is delay for which the contractor is culpable. The figure should be a genuine valuation of pre-determined loss, assessed at the time that the contract is entered into.
Read moreDuring the 2016 Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne announced the abolition of the SDLT slab rates for commercial property in England and Wales at midnight on the 16 March 2016. This follows the introduction of progressive SDLT rates for residential property in December 2014.
Read moreFurther to my last post on the subject (and to some slippage in the Government's timetable for implementation), the final guidance and draft regulations have recently been published.
Read moreIn June 2015, Juliet Edmondson asked a sensitive and topical question on this blog: does every Englishman really need a castle?
Read moreOn a cold and frosty February evening the great and the good of the residential property management scene descended on Forsters' offices at 31 Hill Street for the hotly anticipated Residential Management Disputes Seminar.
Read moreIn December 2015, Yorkshire and Lancashire saw some of the worst floods in living memory. Described as "unprecedented" and even "biblical" by the press, the clean up costs have been estimated by insurance companies to be in the region of £5 billion.
Read moreA recent Supreme Court case involving Donald Trump's golf course in Aberdeenshire has the potential for significant ramifications in how conditions attached to planning permissions are interpreted.
Read moreHedging interest rates under floating rate loan facilities are commonplace in real estate finance transactions. Whilst they tend to run alongside the initial transaction the commercial arrangements are often discussed and put in place directly between the borrower and bank without involving lawyers or other advisers.
Read moreForsters took two tables at The Society of Scottish Lawyers in London's Burns Night Supper last Thursday. Hosted at The Brewery on Chiswell Street, a tartan clad throng gathered to celebrate the 257th anniversary of the birth of the Bard of Ayrshire.
Read moreWell 2015 was a busy, successful, and at times challenging year for the residential property industry.
This is particularly true of the new-build development sector, which has been at the forefront of recent press coverage.
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