‘Not in my back yard!’ – There may be no...
Mobile phone usage has grown massively in the last two decades. There are six times as many phones in use as there were 20 years ago...
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Going Underground – Basement Excavations and Permitted Development Rights
Many planning authorities, particularly London boroughs, are having to deal with an increasing number of ‘digdowns’, as soaring house prices lead homeowners and developers to...
Anne Bridger
Senior Solicitor, Commercial PropertyIs Feudalism Really a Thing of the Past?
Legislation aims to keep up with growth and changes in society. In consequence it can be extensive. We have seen 31 Acts passed onto the...
John Guthrie
Partner, Commercial PropertyLand Ownership: Law Commission Reform Proposals
It was announced in 2016 that the Government will bring forward proposals to respond to the recommendations of the Law Commission’s report on “Making Land...
Tamzin Mandelli
Partner, Head of Commercial PropertyAssignment of Leases to Guarantors
The Court of Appeal will not be considering whether assignments of leases to guarantors really are void now that the parties in the case of...
Anne Bridger
Senior Solicitor, Commercial PropertyPush the button – actionable interference with a right of...
Installing a gate across the route of a right of way is always an interference but when does it become an actionable interference? The answer...
Roderick Campbell
Partner, Head of Commercial PropertyHaystacks hiding homes : Concealed development – a reminder of...
In the not so distant past, it was possible to achieve a lawful status for an unauthorised development, notwithstanding concealment and deception. Now, following judgments...
Roderick Campbell
Partner, Head of Commercial PropertyThe Sun Continues to Shine on Town and Village Greens
The Commons Act 2006 permits anyone to apply to register land as a town and village green where a significant number of people from a...
Gaenor Thomas
Associate, Commercial PropertyWho Owns a Planning Permission?
Anyone can apply for planning permission on any piece of land, whether they own it, lease it, rent it or simply see it from the...
Roderick Campbell
Partner, Head of Commercial PropertyPlan Ahead For Permission to Move Back In
Unless a lease has been contracted out of the security of tenure provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, the Landlord can only oppose...
