Insights

Residential Property Developer Tax

There is currently a government consultation inviting comments on a new tax on residential property developers which will also extend...

Ringfencing, Restrictions and Recovery – forfeiture moratorium extended until 25 March 2022

On Wednesday 16 June, the UK government extended the current forfeiture moratorium for commercial tenants until 25 March 2022. This...

The Building Safety Bill

The Building Safety Bill has just been published. This is a brief overview of the Bill. As readers will know,...

Where does it end? Responsibility for defects does not necessarily end on the expiry of the defects liability period

It is important to differentiate between the Defects Liability Period and the Limitation Period early on in contractual negotiations and...

Can you trust the trustees?

What happens if beneficiaries of a trust have concerns about whether a trust is being properly administered?  Requests by beneficiaries...

From luxury mansions to sharks – how far can planning enforcement go?

Councils have the ability to remedy breaches of planning control through the use of their enforcement powers. For example, where...

Do the UK’s independent schools have a safeguarding problem?

Many of the UK’s top independent schools have been named on the website Everyone’s Invited, which allows people to share...

Government Relief Measures – Yet Another Extension.

On 16 June 2021, the UK government announced its decision to extend some of the temporary relief measures introduced under...

Don’t Use the F Word in My Mediations

As I always say to parties at the start of all of my mediations, one of the golden rules of...

Inheritance Tax: The 7-year rule.

A Freedom of Information request by the Telegraph identified that since 2016, HMRC have found gifts worth more than £600...

Thousands join protest demanding urgent action from government on cladding scandal

Thousands of flat owners gathered in locations across the country last Saturday to protest the government’s response to the combustible...

It ain’t what you do, it’s the time that you do it: the importance of mediation.

A judgment earlier this year in the case of Rochford -v- Rochford serves as a salutary reminder to parties to...