Developers beware: A contract for the sale of land by a public body may also be a public works contract.

| 13th February 2019
The recent case of Faraday Development Ltd. v West Berkshire Council 2018 concerned a contract for the sale of land to be sold to a selected developer by West Berkshire via a competitive process.  The focus of the competition was to secure…
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The New Structures and Buildings Capital Allowance

| 4th January 2019
The Budget 2018 had some good news for our commercial property developer clients when it was announced that the government will introduce a new Structures and Buildings Allowance (‘SBA’) in the Finance Bill 2018-2019 once it has received…
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The Trade Secrets Regulations 2018 - secret implementation of the EU Trades Secrets Directive?

| 12th December 2018
The past 12 months have been heavily focussed on the UK leaving Brexit, resulting in some legislation falling ‘below the radar’. Ironically, legislation that implements EU law into UK law is an example of such an occurrence. Below, we…
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Landlord's obligations to enforce lessee's covenants in residential leases

| 5th December 2018
In the Court of Appeal’s decision in Duval v 11–13 Randolph Crescent Ltd 2018 the court confirmed that a landlord’s obligation to enforce tenants’ covenants at the request of other tenants was enforceable. The nine tenants of the flats at 11-13…
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