Paul Barker, Chair PLA Regions Committee As we take leave of January, I’m sure that many of you will be celebrating having stuck to your New Year’s resolutions – perhaps having made good use of your gym memberships, eliminated sugar from your diet or managed to go without alcohol. There was frankly no realistic prospect […]
31st Jan 2018 Blogs Read moreJanuary can be a dark time – both literally and metaphorically. It is a time for trying to curb that sugar habit that you acquired over Christmas and fighting your way through the newcomers to make it to the squat rack at the gym. However, it is also a time for reflecting on the past year […]
18th Jan 2018 Blogs Read moreReply of the Law Reform Committee of the Property Litigation Association to the consultation by the RICS on a new professional statement for service charges in commercial property The Property Litigation Association (PLA) responds to the consultation by the RICS on a new professional statement for service charges in commercial property as set out below. […]
12th Jan 2018 Consultations Read moreGary Lawrenson, Chair PLA Website & Marketing Committee Happy New Year, all. If the proverb that “a good beginning makes a good end” is correct, then it bodes well for a productive year for your Website & Marketing Committee (WMC). I am delighted to kick-off 2018 by welcoming a new sub-committee member, Tim Reid (Hogan […]
12th Jan 2018 Blogs Read moreTHE PLA LAW REFORM COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR COMMENTS The Department for Communities and Local Government has published a Consultation on reinstating the practice of the Valuation Office Agency prior to the decision of the Supreme Court in Woolway (VO) v Mazars [2015] UKSC 53. The Consultation can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/business-rates-in-multi-occupied-properties As a consequence of Mazars, the current […]
12th Jan 2018 Consultations Read moreAs we start 2018 I can’t help thinking that there’s never been a better time to be a property litigator. Whether it’s the continuing state of flux with our Court and Tribunal System (and the consequential procedural changes), or statutory reform such as the new Telecommunications Code, or the sheer volume of key property cases […]
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