A to Z of construction disputes: Avoidance and resolution – Part 1: A to M
This two-part article explains some of the key concepts that anyone involved in the construction industry needs to know in order to avoid or resolve construction disputes
14 May 2019
How does the government propose to capture land value uplift?
The Communities and Local Government Committee seeks written submissions by 2 March to inform its land value capture inquiry. Here are the headlines for developers, landowners and local authorities.
21 February 2018
Industrial Warehousing and Logistics - procuring the warehouse of the future
This article comments on construction issues in the demolition phase and considers how technological advances and changes in construction methods are reshaping how industrial assets are procured
08 May 2019
A tax payer victory – Business Property Relief success
Having succeeded in a claim for Business Property Relief on a horse livery business at the First Tier Tribunal, Mrs Vigne’s executor has now succeeded at appeal in the Upper Tribunal.
13 December 2018
A practical question of keeping documents from your opponent
The legal principle of ‘privilege’ is a theoretical concept which proves very hard to apply in practice. What does in mean from a litigation perspective?
06 November 2013
AIM companies: new corporate governance requirements
All AIM companies will be subject to 'comply or explain' corporate governance requirements from 28 September 2018. AIM regulation has made it clear that meaningful explanations will be required.
16 March 2018
The website using my copyright is hosted overseas – am I powerless?
Globalisation and technology have made English law on copyright infringement increasingly complex and difficult to navigate. We look at the case of Omnibill v EGPSXXX Ltd. and R. A. Carter.
12 December 2014
The value of trees?
Agricultural subsidies in the EU and after Brexit are moving towards agri-environmental and conservation schemes. But what is a tree worth?
11 July 2016
The UK's options for leaving the Euratom community ("Brexatom")
The government has recognised the need to avoid potentially harmful cliff edge effects in the UK's transition to a long term free trade agreement with the European Union.
26 June 2017
Interesting evidence decision at the IPO
How does the IPO decide a case when the parties don't turn up? See how the IPO hearing officer dealt with this unusual question in the case of Coupling Technology Limited v Coupling Solutions LLC.
11 September 2013
Industrial Warehousing & Logistics: The environment and the neighbours
We look at the environmental factors that developers, occupiers and owners should consider in maintaining and preserving the value of the asset.
04 February 2019
The Twelve Days of Christmas - or is it Fourteen? Or even Twenty-eight?
Along with mince pies, turkey and the Queen’s speech, the shutdown of the construction industry in the UK over the Christmas period is a long-standing tradition.
15 December 2014