June 26, 2025
Building Safety Levy: What you need to know for 2026
The Building Safety Act 2022 gave the government the power to impose a building safety levy on new residential buildings requiring certain building control approvals.
318 Legal/Legislation results
- June 24, 2025
Industrial Strategy: Government aims to power up manufacturing and AI sectors with cheaper power
Plans to provide firms with cheaper electricity and faster access to the grid connections will make it "quicker, easier and cheaper to do business in the UK", the government has argued after launching its modern Industrial Strategy. 
June 20, 2025Mixed-use developments: the key to solving the high street and housing crises?
With news breaking over the last few days of yet another high street stalwart in financial trouble, threatening the closure of numerous stores, the problems faced by the country's high streets show little sign of abating. River Island's recent troubles follow years of general decline on the high street caused by a multitude of factors including the growth of out-of-town retail, on-line competition and the spiralling cost of trading physical retail in our town centres.- June 20, 2025
Reeves promises to fix UK's 'crumbling' buildings with 10-year infrastructure strategy
Rachel Reeves has pledged to fix "crumbling public buildings" and modernise the country's infrastructure after publishing the government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy. 
June 16, 2025The rise of telecommunications disputes
The recent news that landowners and related industry bodies are lobbying the government to reform The Electronic Communications Code, also known as the 2017 Telecoms Code, has not come as a surprise to legal property practitioners.
June 6, 2025AI can help uncover hidden ecological opportunities, so why is the property sector still risk averse to it?
There’s still a lack of awareness and confidence in artificial intelligence, especially in environmental areas where its use can often uncover hidden ecological opportunities, so why is the property sector still risk averse to it?
May 30, 2025British Columbia rejects property industry call to ease short-term rental clampdown
British Columbia's largest real estate organization has called for more exemptions to short-term rental rules as the province begins to clamp down on listings by platforms such as Airbnb ahead of the busy summer travel season.
May 27, 2025Landlords on alert over high court ruling on commercial property 'insurance rent'
Landlords and tenants will be closely scrutinising a High Court ruling in favour of the tenant, focused on the payment of commercial property insurance premiums.
May 21, 2025UKREiiF 2025: Rayner urges sector to use planning changes but casts doubt on 1.5 million homes target
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has encouraged the real estate sector to take advantage of government proposals to reform planning regulation and open up new land for development, insisting the country is open to building and business.
May 20, 2025Right of light injunctions: art or science?
A huge concern for developers faced with a rights of light claim is that the heavy pendulum of the law will be both the actual and metaphoric wrecking ball that might force them to demolish all or part of their development.- May 19, 2025
High Court judgment reinforces boundaries on business rates mitigation
A High Court ruling, The Mayor and Commonality and Citizens of the City of London v 48th Street Holding Limited & Anor ([2025] EWHC 1130 (KB)), has reaffirmed the legality of certain business rates mitigation schemes, for commercial property owners across England and Wales. - May 9, 2025
Khan seeks 'bold solutions' to London housing crisis with green belt U-turn
Sadiq Khan has agreed to consider opening up parts of London's green belt for development in a bid to meet London housing requirements in a major change of direction. 
April 29, 2025Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and Liberals may need help changing national housing policy
Canada's election of the Liberal Party and Mark Carney, a former chair of property investor Brookfield Asset Management and one-time head of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, to continue as prime minister could lead to changes in housing policy as the country faces affordability and supply challenges.
April 28, 2025Canada takes aim at development charges
Development charges, the fees many Canadian municipalities levy on developers to cover the infrastructure costs associated with new projects, have been targeted by both major political parties in Canada during the election campaign after flying under the radar for many decades.- April 22, 2025
Business rates changes to drive up costs and deter investment, industrial giants warn
Planned increases to business rates risk undermining the high street and holding back net zero progress, some of the world's largest industrial real estate groups have warned. - April 17, 2025
US consulate in Edinburgh faces closure as DOGE assesses European footprint
US government spending cuts led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency look set to end the country's consulate presence in Edinburgh after more than 200 years. - April 8, 2025
US lawmakers spar over what to do with aging, vacant federal buildings
In an aging, empty federal office building in Washington, D.C., members of Congress argued over the best approach to manage the government’s large real estate portfolio as a watchdog agency said new data is expected to be collected this year that could assist in major decisions on the properties. - April 1, 2025
Mega projects body to provide 'more certainty' for property investment
A new body created to accelerate the delivery of major government projects, including road, railway and energy infrastructure plans, will help to provide more certainty to real estate investors looking to develop property in the UK, the British Property Federation argues. 
March 28, 2025Cushman & Wakefield seeks approval to switch parent company's address to Bermuda
Global real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield is seeking approval from shareholders and a court to move its parent company from England to Bermuda to reduce its "administrative burden" and associated costs.- March 28, 2025
Investors turn to ESG strategies to preserve long-term value, Knight Frank finds
Institutional investors are increasingly employing environmental, social and corporate governance strategies to create and preserve long-term value, Knight Frank analysis shows.
