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Brexit

Brexit Business Brief | Getting to grips with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Our regular newsletter looking at Brexit developments in a legal and business context

IT and data

UK and EU data protection post-Brexit: a brief guide

At 23:00 on 31 December 2020, the Brexit transition period came to end and a new UK data protection regime

The Built Environment

National security bill set to ring changes for real estate M&A

Investors in real estate will need to assess whether new interventions powers apply to their deals

The Built Environment

Build-to-rent investors set to benefit from tax change on mixed use properties

A recent change in HMRC guidance indicates that the SDLT 3% surcharge should not apply to a multiple dwellings relief

Digitalisation

Cybersecurity Asia: People's Republic of China to treat data security as matter of national security

Beijing is evolving its cybersecurity approach, after unveiling draft laws that promise to elevate data protection into the domain of

Real estate

You can smash but not always grab when manifestly unjust

Construction dispute decision is a rare example of fairness seeming to override the statutory policy to prioritise cash flow in

Urban Dynamics

What is Urban Dynamics?

Urban dynamics are the changing elements that make up an urban environment: the opportunities and the threats. The people and

The Built Environment

AI's potential and key risks in the construction industry

In this article, we consider the use of artificial intelligence in the construction industry and give insight into identifying and

Real estate

Lockdown 2.0: Will the construction industry survive or thrive?

As England enters lockdown 2.0, is the construction industry better prepared this time to continue to "build, build, build"?