The Budget 2012 - property takes the strain...

Business and the UK labour force are mobile; UK property is not.

Property update - March 2012

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Court of Appeal rules on validity of guarantees on lease assignment

The Court of Appeal has given its ruling in the case of K/S Victoria Street v House of Fraser (Stores Management) Ltd.

Rights to light - a worrying tale for developers

The High Court has granted a mandatory injunction requiring the removal of two floors of an office block after they had been completed because they infringed the right to light of an adjoining owner. Wragge & Co's real estate experts analyse the effects of this potentially worrying decision.

Property update - July/August 2010

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Property update - January 2010

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Local authority's duty to house a homeless minor

The Court of Appeal's decision in the case Alexander-David -v- London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (2009) EWCA Civ 259, provides local housing authorities (LHA) with practical and approved suggestions on its duty to house a homeless minor.

Property update - February 2009

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Common sense prevails?

The House of Lords has overturned the Court of Appeal's ruling in Scottish & Newcastle Plc v Raguz, commenting that the decision of the High Court and the Court of Appeal produced "some remarkably silly consequences".

Escaping the abyss: How the court decides costs and the importance of making and accepting reasonable offers of settlement

A recent judgment has clarified that "winner takes all" no longer applies to recovery of costs in litigation. The formula to be used by trial judges in deciding the most appropriate costs order is now much more complicated.

Property Update - October 2008

Not just a load of hot air

The regulations which introduced the requirement to obtain Energy Performance Certificates and Display Energy Certificates also impose obligations to inspect certain air-conditioning systems by 4 January 2009.

Terminate to accumulate?

In the current climate, landlords need to know what steps they can take if they suspect that their tenant is, or may be about to become, insolvent.

Property update - September 2008

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

The lender's duty to obtain a proper price on a sale

In the current economic climate, it is not surprising that an increasing number of lenders are enforcing their security by exercising their power of sale either directly or by appointing a receiver.

Energy Performance Certificates - updated guidance

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published a second edition of its guide to Energy Performance Certificates for the construction, sale and let of non-dwellings.

The shining beacon

Those involved in high density city centre developments may face claims that the scheme infringes rights of light enjoyed by one or more adjoining owners.

Property update - July/August 2008

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Securing exclusive appointments

Read Wragge & Co's expert analysis which demonstrates why any property agent or surveyor needs to get the drafting of their exclusive appointments right if they are to secure payment.

Property Update - June 2008

Wragge & Co LLP's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Mortgage fraud and a chargee's power of sale

The recent case of Barclays Bank plc v Guy is an important Court of Appeal decision that includes important commentary on the provisions of the Land Registration Act 2002. Wragge & Co's legal experts analyse the decision and provide useful action points.

Property update - May 2008

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Display Energy Certificates

From 1 October 2008, public authorities and institutions providing public services to large numbers of people must exhibit a Display Energy Certificate in their buildings over 1,000 square metres.

Is that exclusion clause enforceable?

The Court of Appeal has reversed an earlier court decision which refused to allow a party to rely on an exclusion clause contained in its standard terms of business. Read our expert analysis of the case.

Property update - April 2008

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Property update - March 2008

Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.

Property update

Powerhouse - empowering landlords?