10 November 2022
On 3 November 2022, The Court of Appeal published its decision in O G Thomas Amaethyddiath v Turner & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1446 which concerned a narrowing of the scope of the Mannai Principle, a rule that can be relied upon in certain circumstances to save a defective notice.
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2 November 2022
The Act runs to more than 250 pages, covering a vast range of fire safety related matters in great detail. The Act’s provisions will become law in stages, with the changes to the Defective Premises Act and the Building Act (explained below) having taken effect first on 28 June 2022.
So, what does the Act change in practice?
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21 October 2022
Helen Streeton, Partner and Head of Build to Rent gives her key takeaways from the British Property Foundation and Get Living breakfast event, hosted by FTI Consulting on 19 October 2022.
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12 October 2022
On Tuesday 11 October 2022, Commercial Real Estate Senior Associate Paul Grayson, along with Construction Senior Associate, Daniel Burr, attended the Last Mile Logistics Conference at the Postal Museum in London.
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4 October 2022
The Charities Act 2022 (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022. It implements many of the recommendations made by the Law Commission in its 2017 report entitled “Technical Issues in Charity Law” with a view to simplifying charity administration.
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28 September 2022
Following the Mini Budget delivered on 23 September 2022, residential Stamp Duty Land Tax rates have changed (again). Unlike Sunak’s “SDLT holiday of 2020-2021”, Kwarteng has confirmed that these cuts are permanent – a relief for the real estate sector at the prospect of no looming SDLT deadlines.
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26 September 2022
Forsters’ Art and Cultural Property team with Private Client Partner, Catherine Hill launch ‘Innovations in Art’ together with Smartify – the world’s most downloaded museum app.‘Innovations in Art’, a mini-series of videos, features specialist artists and their works, to help demonstrate innovations in the art world and their relevance today. We explore evolution in the creative process, ownership and sale of art works and restoration techniques, demonstrating the value of art as a record of our shared cultural history.
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22 September 2022
The new register of overseas entities ("ROE") maintained by Companies House came into effect on 1 August 2022. The aim of the ROE is to record the beneficial ownership through "overseas entities" of land in the UK. Non-compliance with registration obligations will in practice make it impossible for overseas entities to buy, sell, let or charge UK land and also carries criminal sanctions. It is therefore crucial that overseas entities, including corporate trustees, are aware of their obligations in relation to the ROE.
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20 September 2022
Head of Retail, Andrew Denye, has offered his comments to CoStar News on how Britain’s Cineworld, the world’s second-biggest cinema chain, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US in a move that has left landlords across the country staring down the barrel of widespread anchor-unit closures.
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1 September 2022
The register of overseas entities managed by Companies House (the Register) is now live and accepting applications, but there is a short grace period until 5 September for the registration of land transactions.
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