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Residential service charges: Who decides when fair’s fair?
Tenants now have far greater scope to challenge the apportionment of service charges
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Mike McChesney: Dilapidations does have to be taxing
Understanding a tenant’s tax position can be beneficial to landlords in the long run
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On rating: Two into one doesn’t go
Supreme Court ruling clarifies the test of what forms a single hereditament
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Suzanne Gill: The Schrödinger’s cat paradox
Residential developers are booming, but still we face a housing crisis – when you open the box, does UK housebuilding have a pulse?
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Miles Keeping: Green energy under blue rule
What effect will the return of a Conservative majority government have on policy affecting environmental issues and what are the implications for property owners and occupiers?
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Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC: The future for human rights
What would be the consequences for property if the Human Rights Act were repealed?
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Peter Morse: Bracing for cyber attack
Cybercrime is a growing threat, but property professionals can insure against the damage
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Laura Jockers: No more lazy summer days
Summer is upon us and, over the next few weeks, schools will be closing, the sun will be shining, and employees will probably be daydreaming that they are at the…
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On rating: same old blues
Despite the proposals on business rates reform, substantive changes are likely to be thin on the ground
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Damages in lieu of injunction
A useful insight into how the courts will assess damages in the post-Lawrence world
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The importance of good governance
All sizes of firm can benefit from strong governance, but a tailored approach is needed
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Residential v business protection
A new statute promises to remove the threat of 1954 Act protection for businesses carried on at home