26 Jul, 2023 Mandate letters – a strict interpretation By Zoe Miller Mandate letters, or commitment letters, are sent by an arranging bank (an ‘arranger’) to a borrower in syndicated transactions. The...
25 Jul, 2023 The Register of Overseas Entities – annual update By Megan Newnham In our previous REF Insights [here and here] we wrote about the register of overseas entities (the “ROE”) which was established by the...
25 Jul, 2023 This isn't just a planning decision, this is an M&S planning decision By Robin Barnes The hottest planning decision of the summer is in! Last Thursday, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities rejected...
24 Jul, 2023 Hybrid, the new normal - key takeaways from McKinsey's "Empty spaces and hybrid places" report By Maples Teesdale Hybrid buildings. An opportunity for developers to create universal, “neutral-use” buildings whose design, infrastructure, and technology...
19 Jul, 2023 South West Terminal Ltd v. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd [1] By Michael Craik A Canadian case, so not binding on the English courts; it is of interest though. Coffee Time Summary The judge decided, on the facts,...
19 Jul, 2023 The Register of Overseas Entities – annual update By Megan Newnham In our previous REF Insights [here and here] we wrote about the register of overseas entities (the “ROE”) which was established by the...
18 Jul, 2023 Cashflow may be King but adjudication does not always work as planned: J&B Hopkins Limited v. A&V Building Solution Limited (a legal saga) By Michael Craik Zombies will be wiped out, which is good news for many but bad news for online gamers and fans of World War Z (which I never watched nor...
17 Jul, 2023 Be careful what you emoji or 'smiley face' this week By Michael Craik I have come across many ground breaking developments in 30 years of legal practice including a precursor to the 'contract by emoji'. Back...
17 Jul, 2023 404,000,000 sq ft of unlettable industrial units? By Charles Elgood That's an eye-catchingly large number, being the amount of I&L space that Knight Frank's research shows will fail to reach the minimum...
06 Jul, 2023 Is the Infrastructure Levy IL- conceived? By Robin Barnes The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has already faced several rounds of markups, and the Secretary of State for the Department of...
06 Jul, 2023 Another retrofit over rebuild triumph By Maples Teesdale After attending Maples Teesdale and Realty Insurances 'Back to the future: The carbon advantage of retrofit over rebuild' event last...