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19 Mar 2021 Architects prepared to take legal action against developers to recover outstanding fees

Architects are increasingly prepared to take legal action against developers in a bid to recover unpaid fees for work they have completed on projects, says Boodle Hatfield, the leading private wealth law firm. Coronavirus disruption has left many architects out of pocket, leading them to take decisive action to recover fees.

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19 Mar 2021 Green property: British Land’s first net zero carbon building

British Land has this week announced completion of the offset of residual embodied carbon at 100 Liverpool Street; British Land's first net zero carbon building and one of the first in London.

This next step

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15 Mar 2021 How can drones be used when purchasing a property?

It is worth considering firstly how drones are presently being used in the property sector, which in recent years has become widespread. A number of organisations have been successfully using drones for many years to conduct external inspections of property.

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18 Mar 2021 The use of drones in construction projects

There is a perpetual myth the construction industry trails other industries in the drive for modernisation.  Whilst this may be true in labour and recruitment practices, it is not a universal truth.

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18 Mar 2021 Decisions, decisions

David Rawlence and Steve Coulson offer their thoughts on the various legal structures that property owners could adopt in the serviced office market.

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16 Mar 2021 Unspent s106 and CIL cash mounting up across London

Recent figures suggest Westminster City Council is sitting on £250m in unspent section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) payments. This money is supposed to be spent on local infrastructure to mitigate the

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12 Mar 2021 How Will Drone Corridors Revolutionise Industrial Estates?

A revolution is happening and it could make previously unviable locations suddenly very attractive to manufacturers.

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12 Mar 2021 Tenants and landlords in limbo

For some time, real estate practitioners have been aware of the Government’s plans to reform leasehold enfranchisement legislation.

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11 Mar 2021 Art Law Team Advise on Ground-Breaking Arrangement Brokered by Sotheby’s between the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem and The Al Thani Collection Foundation

Our art law team was delighted to advise the Herman-De-Stern Foundation, along with the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, on the recently announced, ground-breaking arrangement brokered by Sotheby’s with The Al-Thani Collection Foundation.

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11 Mar 2021 New Guidance on Cladding & New Levies: Solving the Cladding Problem One Step at a Time

It is difficult to forget images of Grenfell Tower burning. Nearly four years later and the "Grenfell Forever In Our Hearts" sign on the building still looms over North Kensington as a stark reminder of the flammable

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10 Mar 2021 Groundhog day – moratorium on commercial property evictions extended

So, following the latest government announcement that the moratorium on commercial property evictions is to be extended until at least the end of June, I find myself writing a similar post to those that I wrote in

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05 Mar 2021 Coercive & controlling behaviour: post-separation protection

The Domestic Abuse Bill 2021 has been strengthened this week to recognise post-separation abuse as a criminal offence. The amendment to the Bill is a welcome addition after months of campaigning by survivors of

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04 Mar 2021 Inheritance Tax threshold to remain unchanged for 17 years

Today’s Budget confirmed that the Inheritance Tax (IHT) threshold will not be changed until 2026 at the earliest – meaning that it will have been kept at the same rate for 17 years.

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04 Mar 2021 The Budget and the UK Infrastructure Bank

In the Budget this week, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak provided further details about the UK Infrastructure Bank tasked with bringing "world-class infrastructure" to the UK. 

The bank will have £12bn of

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04 Mar 2021 UK Listings Rules: How do you catch a unicorn?

The UK listing rules are currently in the spotlight, with the Government keen to make London a more attractive place for listings.

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03 Mar 2021 The Spring Budget 2021

The Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up today to present what he must be hoping was his “end of” or “almost end of” pandemic budget. It is clear that the state of public finances is not at all where Rishi Sunak would wish it to be – at least in normal times.

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04 Mar 2021 Spring Budget 2021: the key takeaways

The Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up yesterday to present what he must be hoping was his "end of" or "almost end of" pandemic budget and it is clear that the state of public finances is not at all where Rishi

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03 Mar 2021 Industrial/warehouse market: A continuing good news story

The UK industrial/warehouse market has been enjoying a sustained period of growth and a number of recent market surveys, including this one carried out by Allsop's, predict that this trend shows no sign of slowing

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03 Mar 2021 The Road Towards Leasehold Reform

In his latest blog, Ian Fletcher of the British Property Federation (BPF) sets out an

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02 Mar 2021 Edward Allan promoted to Partner in Boodle Hatfield’s top ranked residential property team

Leading private wealth law firm Boodle Hatfield, has promoted Edward Allan to Partner in its top-ranked Residential Property Team.