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Tax

Residential Property Developer Tax: what is it and who is in scope?

There is more certainty around details of the new Residential Property Developer Tax, but onlookers must wait for the chancellor's
The Built Environment

Negligence – what does it mean anyway?

Supreme Court judgment underlines difficulties in interpreting 'negligence ' in limitation of liability clauses

The Built Environment

Belgian property law enters new era as reforms come into force

Overhauled rules reflect how real rights are used in the contemporary Belgian property market

The Built Environment

Building safety: government supports removal of EWS1 forms for lower risk buildings

An independent expert report has urged for a more risk-based and proportionate approach to building fire safety in medium and

Real estate

Supreme Court provides much-needed clarity on liquidated damages

Long-awaited Supreme Court judgment indicates a return to normal service in the interpretation of liquidated damages clauses

Dispute resolution

Construction industry looks to life after Covid-19 and the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

Does the extension of pandemic protections risk creating 'zombie' businesses in the building sector?

The Built Environment

Building Safety Bill: the future of funding building safety measures

Draft legislation for high-rise buildings heralds change for construction and investment across the residential sector but is likely to have

The Built Environment

Compounding matters – Court of Appeal finds for solar tenant in 'double compounding' RPI rent review dispute

Tenants can take some comfort that the courts will be prepared to accept that (unless clearly intended to be deliberate)

Tax

HMRC publishes call for evidence on simplifying the VAT land exemption

Proposals for simplification could mean a radical overhaul of the VAT exemption for land and property and those impacted by

Urban Dynamics

Shaping the future success of the UK's National Digital Twin with early legal input

What legal and governance foundations are needed for the UK's extraordinary National Digital Twin project? Osborne Clarke has contributed to