In giving important guidance on the vexed issue of so-called ‘squatters’ rights’, the Court of Appeal has ruled that residents who made their homes in a London street after it was scheduled for demolition
In a case which underlines the importance given by planners to protecting the retail character of urban shopping areas, a bank has failed to convince the High Court that it was wrongly refused planning
In a case which foreshadowed the impact that climate change may one day have on sea levels, plans for a substantial mixed-use development – including 230 homes – on the coastal plain at Burry
The Court of Appeal has bemoaned the ‘unhappily common’ lack of clarity in the drafting of many partnership agreements after an elderly farming couple became embroiled in a bitter dispute with their son over
A Court of Appeal ruling has opened a new chapter in a bitter landlord and tenant dispute between two doctors whose partnership collapsed after they fell out and who have since lavished more than
In a bitter illustration of the vagaries of the planning system, a developer whose hopes of being allowed to build up to 180 new homes in a Wiltshire village were first raised – but
In a clear illustration of the grave consequences that can arise from apparently trivial legal mistakes, flat dwellers’ hopes of taking over management of their block were almost stymied by their failure to include
In a unique decision, the Privy Council has analysed the concept of ‘force majeure’ in the context of a dramatic accident in which a crane collapsed and severely damaged neighbouring buildings during a tropical
An artist who for decades has exhibited his work on an assortment of historic barges on the south bank of the Thames is facing eviction after the High Court pleaded for an end to
In emphasising that it is reasonable for flat dwellers to prefer that their neighbours be owner/occupiers, rather than short-term tenants, the Upper Tribunal has refused to amend a provision in a lease which restricted
