Creative Reuse: The Opportunities and Challenges of Converting Office Space to Residential
Case 1: Brown v Ridley and Another - The Supreme Court has clarified that a reasonable belief of ownership for any 10 year period is sufficient to claim adverse possession....more
It was a relatively light Budget for the real estate sector. Highlights included the long-awaited announcement of the rate of the residential property developer tax and some reform of business rates....more
In contrast to recent years it has been a quiet Budget for real estate tax. In particular, there was no big announcement of any further levelling of the playing field between resident and non-resident investors in UK land:...more
The residential market has attracted a huge amount of attention and pledges of reform from all sides of the house. There has been a constant stream of consultation on both long leaseholds and short term lets. ...more
New UK Chancellor Philip Hammond gave his first Autumn Statement on 23 November 2016. Whilst there were no further details relating to the reforms of the taxation of non-UK domiciliaries and UK residential property, the...more
Following the United Kingdom’s General Election in May, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave the new government’s first budget speech on 8 July 2015. In his speech, Mr Osborne announced some changes to the tax...more