Europe: Real Estate and Construction

In our previous article, Commonhold reform what draft bill tells us, we outlined the details of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. At the time it was being examined by the House of Commons' select committee which included taking evidence from stakeholders.

Dutch landlords face significant financial liability when terminating rental agreements based on urgent personal use if they fail to actually occupy the property. This article examines the legal framework governing such terminations, the three cumulative conditions courts apply, and recent case law demonstrating how damages can reach tens of thousands of euros when landlords don't follow through on their stated intentions.

Turkey's Law No. 7588 introduces a controversial new framework for properties allocated to public use before 1956 without formal expropriation, fundamentally altering compensation rights and applying retroactively to pending court cases. The regulation emerges after the Constitutional Court's 2022 annulment of similar legislation, raising critical questions about property rights protections and constitutional guarantees. How will this sweeping change affect property owners and the thousands of cases current