Welcome to Peter Barry’s blog posts. You’ll find a range of topics focussing on issues that are important to our clients where we try to answer the questions that we regularly get asked.
Where access requires the express consent of an adjoining owner, such as to erect scaffolding and a hoarding as part of a demolition programme, there are no statutory timescales but there are many benefits to an early approach. In some cases, the scheme is simply not viable without access so if there’s an adjoining owner who will not allow it at any cost the building owner would benefit from ...
Where access requires the express consent of an adjoining owner, such as to erect scaffolding and a hoarding as part of a ...
One of the most well known and widely used surveying standards are technically named “Red Book” Valuations or RICS ...
What exactly is it? Asbestos is a natural, fibrous mineral that was generally used as a building material in the UK ...
Back in the middle of 2017, Taylor Wimpey amongst a few others, received blanket bad press for their involvement in the ...
I have previously written about the option of an adjoining owner applying for an injunction where their neighbour has ...
Imagine having a job from which you cannot be dismissed - that must be the dream of many people. Well, that is exactly the ...
The Leasehold Reform and Urban Development Act, 1993, establishes the valuation basis and legal framework for leaseholders to extend their lease (as well as enfranchise). The most common way to enact the Act, is to serve a Section 42 notice with the help of a specialist solicitor, but this does come with a raft of stipulations and costs, and is a course of action that should not be taken ...
The Leasehold Reform and Urban Development Act, 1993, establishes the valuation basis and legal framework for leaseholders ...
We have recently added a tool to our website that allows you to get an idea as to the cost of your lease extension. Around ...
With London being London, seemingly any space that can be developed is being developed. The more typical schemes are loft ...
The purpose of this post is not to explain the Act but rather to examine how the Act can influence the design of some ...