Features – Page 4
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FeatureHow to: lease an office
Taking new accommodation is the biggest change management opportunity in the life of a law firm. Long-term planning is critical to getting it right.
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FeatureSpace odyssey
Despite Brexit the commercial property market is holding up well. But new regulations could deter investors.
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FeatureInsight: Chelsea F.C. a footbridge too far
Robert Kelly of Stewart Title looks at ways in which developers can deal with potential rights of light claims.
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FeatureRound the houses
Digitisation, liability for identity fraud and cybercrime are among urgent challenges facing residential conveyancers. Grania Langdon -Down reports
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FeatureInsight: Will Parliament draw a line under boundary disputes?
New bill could resolve expensive problem, says Stewart Title’s Robert Kelly
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FeatureCommercial property: Restrictive covenants
There are few cases so iconic that lawyers remember the names long after university or law school. One is Tulk v Moxhay [1848], the case on the restrictive covenants which have prevented building on Leicester Square. The date of that case demonstrates that well-drafted restrictive covenants on land are an ...
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FeatureConstruction: Adjudication – unilateral withdrawal
Can the referring party withdraw a dispute from adjudication and subsequently refer the same dispute to a second adjudication?
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FeatureProperty: Clarity needed for process for obtaining writs of possession
Partridge has reduced the confusion surrounding rules in relation to obtaining wits, but these are small steps.
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FeatureResidential property: Don't write off leasehold just yet
As public concern mounts, leasehold must evolve if it is to survive.
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FeatureConveyancing: Home truths
Conveyancers are generally upbeat, though pressure on fees, demanding clients and cyber fraud all present urgent challenges. The Gazette’s latest roundtable.
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FeatureLeases and side letter concessions
Courts will intervene on one-sided landlord-biased precedent.
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FeatureCommercial property: exclusive occupation
The law on co-working rights is not always straightforward.
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FeatureConveyancing: taxing obligations
Managing stamp taxes compliance has become a whole lot harder.
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FeatureCommercial property: partitioning
The merits of reviewing a licence to alter office premises have been brought into focus by a recent case.
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FeatureCommercial property: building work
Despite June’s Brexit vote, real estate lawyers are confident foreign investment will continue to be a lucrative source of work.
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FeatureBankruptcy in conveyancing
What are the implications for advisers when the vendor goes bankrupt mid-way through the sale?