Real estate

The real estate industry is shifting in terms of how it uses space.  Something which is taking centre stage is how cities and buildings can be designed to enhance user...

When SDLT was first introduced in December 2003 it signalled a shift away from taxing (and literally stamping) documents to a system of taxing underlying transactions, supposedly...

In 2019 the property market has been slow. More and more property investors are turning to auctions to sell their property. Online agent Purplebricks is now working with two...

Are you thinking about joining Liberty in opening a flagship store on the famous Regent Street?  Or perhaps you would like to rub shoulders with the likes of Cartier, Mulberry and...

It's no secret that Britain has an ageing population.  Revo's Insight Report 2019 recently stated that 18% of the UK population is over 65 and predicts that this will be up to 25%...

Following on from her earlier plog post, senior associate Amy Rogers, together with trainee solicitor Zoe Cartner, has published an article with Local Government News on right to...

The case of (1) SHB Realisations Ltd and (2) GB Europe Management Service Ltd v (1) Cribbs Mall Nominee (1) Ltd and (2) Cribbs Mall Nominee (2) Ltd confirms that it is possible for...

After not so long a wait, the High Court has ruled, in the case of Canary Wharf (BP4) T1 Limited and others ("CW") v The European Medicines Agency ("the EMA") that the EMA's lease...

The case of Fearn & Others v the Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2019] EWHC 246 (Ch) concerned a dispute between Tate Modern and owners of adjacent flats over the Tate's...

Islington Council is bringing proceedings against a resident to whom it sold a two-bedroom flat under its Right to Buy Scheme in 2013 for £340,000.  The resident had rented the...

The case of The Alexander Devine Children's Cancer Trust v Millgate Developments Ltd and another [2018] EWCA Civ 2679 is a useful case for developers to keep in mind when...

O'Byrnes' Application [2018] UKUT 395 (LC) A recent application to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) provided a useful reminder that a modification to a restrictive covenant under...

A case between the European Medicine Agency ("EMA") and Canary Wharf Group is being heard in court this week, and it is one to keep an eye on. EMA has a 25 year lease of its...

The Property Week and Deverell Smith Open Plan revealed, of the property professionals surveyed, that those that felt diversity issues were having a negative impact on their career...

S Franses Ltd (Appellant) v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd (Respondent) Background The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 gives commercial tenants security of tenure (unless the...

We are pleased to announce that our Real Estate team has again received positive comments from the Legal 500.  In London, our commercial property (retail) practice area is ranked...

The question in this week's Plog is whether a qualified covenant in a lease (ie a covenant requiring landlord's consent, but which does not expressly set out that the landlord must...

What are the issues that need to be taken into account when a landlord is considering allowing a tenant to sub-let part of a property? Firstly, they will need to consider whether...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, has announced plans to further support our local high streets by making more public funds available in an effort to rejuvenate...

Parties often enter into contracts which provide that variations can only be made in writing.  Such clauses can appear in a variety of different contexts.  The question for the...