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Landlord, Tenant and Property
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Community open spaces and leisure facilities are heavily protected by planning law. However, as a High Court ruling showed, even they must sometimes make way for strategic developments that are...
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5G mobile phone masts are sprouting up all over the country and most people would agree that there is a real need for them. However, as a High Court ruling...
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The importance that planning policy gives to the preservation of heritage assets was underlined by a High Court case in which planning consent for a controversial high-rise apartment block in...
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Waste dumping scars the landscape but it can be very hard to identify perpetrators, who commonly take steps to cover their tracks. In one case, however, a judge was able...
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It is increasingly commonplace for owners of vacant commercial buildings to permit their occupation by so-called ‘property guardians’ with a view to protecting them from squatters and vandals. As an...
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Cinema operators who were forced to close during COVID-19 lockdowns have failed to convince the Court of Appeal that they should be relieved of the obligation to pay rent. In...
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