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Generative AI: A global guide to key IP considerations
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Real estate focus
Global | Publication | October 2018
A round-up of some key legal developments in England and Wales for the real estate sector.
In this edition we take a look at a looming clamp-down on leasehold houses and ground rents; a standardised wayleave agreement; planning pre-commencement conditions; and dos and don’ts when recovering unpaid rent.
Contents
Ban on leasehold houses and escalating ground rents: one step closer
The government announced in December 2017 that it wants to tackle what it considers to be unfair practices in the residential leasehold market.
October 2018
Landlords: take care when exercising CRAR
Since the abolition of distress in 2014, landlords who want to recover rent arrears by taking control of the tenant’s goods and selling them must do so through a...
October 2018
Planning: a new start for pre-commencement conditions
The euphoria of securing a planning permission can be dampened by the realisation that work cannot begin until a raft of pre-commencement planning conditions have...
October 2018
Digital Infrastructure Toolkit
The City of London Corporation has published a standardised wayleave agreement as part of a digital infrastructure toolkit.
October 2018
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