Real Estate Law and Construction Law

In a new chapter for his family business, Giacomo Fanin is backing innovation to improve farming productivity and develop alternative ingredients

A packed audience gathered in the Lowland Hall at the Royal Highland Showground on Friday 20th June for the annual rural business breakfast briefing hosted by Shepherd and Wedderburn and Bidwells.

Whilst yet to recover to the levels of 2011-2021, where capital invested in agritech increased 20-fold, investor...

Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules concerns the disclosure and inspection of documents in civil litigation. In summary, a party discloses a document by stating that the document exists or has existed. A party to whom a document has been disclosed has a right to inspect that document except where, amongst other things, the party disclosing the document has a right or a duty to withhold inspection of it.

A judgment delivered on 23 April 2012 stated that in a Settlement Agreement, inclusion of the phrase "full and final settlement in respect of any and all outstanding matters" was, on the facts, sufficient to exclude liability for defects.

In the case of R and C Electrical Engineers Ltd v Shaylor Construction Ltd, [2012] EWHC 1254 (TCC), R&C sought Part 8 declaratory relief in relation to an adjudicator’s decision. Whilst the application was declined, the adjudicator’s decision was upheld as binding until such time as the dispute was finally resolved by litigation or arbitration.

On 1 May 2012, Royal Assent was given to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. For the first time it will be a criminal offence to squat in a residential property.

You've found a property to rent and you are one step closer to becoming a tenant.

Landlords and Tenants of residential properties have been aware of the need to protect Tenants' deposits within authorised schemes since 2007.

This was a decision of the First-tier Tribunal ("FTT"). The lessees of Empire Square sought a Remediation Order ("RO") under section 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ("BSA") against the landlord (Fairhold Athena Ltd)...

The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FtT), on appeal from the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), in Triathlon Homes LLP V Stratford Village Development Partnership & Others.

On 4 July 2025, the Government issued a consultation asking for input as to how best to implement the sections of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024...