Real Estate Law and Construction Law

Owning a property in Spain often begins with excitement. A retirement plan, a family holiday home, an investment for the years ahead. Unfortunately, it is often only after someone dies that families discover owning property in another country creates legal and administrative issues they had never anticipated.

Ο θάνατος ενός συγγενικού προσώπου δημιουργεί, πέρα από τη συναισθηματική επιβάρυνση, μια σειρά από πρακτικά και νομικά ζητήματα. Τι γίνεται με τα ακίνητα του αποθανόντος; Τους τραπεζικούς του λογαρ

The Renters' Rights Act 2025 has expanded liability for unlicensed HMO and selective licensing offences to include superior landlords and freeholders, not just immediate landlords. This article examines what constitutes a 'reasonable excuse' defence and outlines practical steps freeholders should take to protect themselves from potential enforcement action and rent repayment orders.

Since October 2025, social landlords have been required to respond to damp and mould within strict statutory timescales. Phase 2 of Awaab’s Law, however, represents a significant extension of the existing remediation timescales alongside other changes.

The High Court has quashed a planning permission for a high-rise development in the Chiswick House Conservation Area, finding that the council's planning committee was materially misled about the merits of an earlier approved fallback scheme. The judgment establishes important principles about how local planning authorities must accurately represent Inspector's findings from appeal decisions when considering new applications, particularly where those findings differ from officer assessments.

The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has issued a landmark judgment clarifying how to determine whether mixed contracts involving both existing leased premises and new construction fall under public procurement rules or the lease exemption. The case examined a municipality's lease agreement covering both existing school premises and a landlord-constructed extension, raising critical questions about contract classification when elements of both lease and works contracts are present.

The High Court has quashed a planning permission for a high-rise development in the Chiswick House Conservation Area, finding that the council's planning committee was materially misled about the merits of an earlier approved fallback scheme. The judgment establishes important principles about how local planning authorities must accurately represent Inspector's findings from appeal decisions when considering new applications, particularly where those findings differ from officer assessments.

The UK Government has launched a consultation on standardising Section 106 planning obligations for medium-sized residential developments delivering between 10 and 49 homes.

The Commercial Payments Bill represents the most significant legislative reform to tackle late payments in over 25 years, proposing sweeping changes to payment practices in commercial transactions. With particular impact on the construction industry, the Bill introduces maximum payment terms, mandates interest charges on late payments, and controversially proposes a complete ban on retention clauses. What alternatives will replace traditional retention arrangements, and how will businesses adapt to these fu

Shooting rights can be valuable rural assets. They are generally granted or reserved out of land, and then may be bought, sold, leased and, in some cases, registered separately from the land. They are also governed by a complex mix of property law, historic rights and modern case law.

Mark- och miljööverdomstolen har meddelat ett nytt avgörande som ger vägledning om hur lokaliseringsutredningar ska utformas för arealkrävande verksamheter och hur intresseavvägningen mellan elproduktion och livsmedelsproduktion ska genomföras. Domstolen godkände en solcellsanläggning på 115 hektar brukningsvärd jordbruksmark efter att ha bedömt att elförsörjningsintresset vägde tyngre än intresset av att bevara marken f

A family farming business in Cumbria seeks guidance on structuring partnerships and discretionary trusts to balance the needs of their farming son who will inherit the 32-hectare operation with ensuring fair treatment of their two non-farming daughters. The advice explores how discretionary trusts can provide flexibility for succession planning while addressing the practical challenges of raising capital and managing competing family interests.