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Placing an Asset in Someone Else’s Name Can Be Risky – Cautionary Tale
People may have any number of reasons, good or bad, for placing assets they have paid for in…
Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19 – the Latest Legal Chapter
Did business interruption insurance cover financial losses arising from the COVID-19 lockdowns? Few questions have been the subject…
City Council Retains ‘Degree of Control’ Over Tower Blocks Development
To what extent is a local authority entitled to use its powers as a private landlord to promote…
Can Planning Objections Amount to Harassment? Guideline High Court Ruling
Landowners intent on developing their properties can find it intensely annoying when neighbours resist their plans. However, as…
High-Rolling Gambler Was Not ‘Blackout Drunk’ When He Lost £600,000
The idea of a gambler waking up with a sore head and filled with regret about money lost…
Education Charity Overcomes Restrictive Covenant in College’s Title Deeds
Restrictions on the use to which properties can be put are often to be found in their title…
High Court Upholds £6.5 Million Housing Maintenance Adjudication Award
Contract adjudications can involve analysis of vast amounts of detailed evidence, but can an award be challenged on…
Planning Permission for Exploratory Gas Drilling in Scenic Location Upheld
The UK is transitioning towards renewable sources of energy but, so far as planning policy is concerned, extraction…
Outdoor Advertising, Light Pollution and a Legal Battle Over a Bus Shelter
Light pollution generated by hi-tech digital advertising displays can be a source of bitter complaint. However, such concerns…
High Court Blocks Housing Development on Edge of Domesday Book Village
In a planning context, local authority decision-making is only as good as the advice on which it is…
Authorised Push Payment Frauds – Bank Succeeds in Supreme Court Test
Banks are contractually bound to follow their clients’ instructions and are not obliged to concern themselves with the…
Adverse Possession – Couple Win Legal Title to Disputed Garden Plots
Even if you do not hold legal title to a plot of land, you may well be entitled…
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