Context of contract terms key to housebuilder's share of profits agreement, court rules

Real Estate Aberdeen City Council was entitled to a share of a housebuilder's profits based on an 'open market valuation' of the land sold by the housebuilder to a subsidiary, the Supreme Court has ruled. 09 Dec 2011

Updated dilapidated property protocol to be given formal legal status

Real Estate The protocol used by the property industry to avoid court action to recover damages relating to the physical state of a property at the end of a commercial lease is to be given formal legal status for the first time. 02 Nov 2011

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Squatting in residential buildings to become a criminal offence

Real Estate Squatting in residential buildings is to become a criminal offence for the first time, the Government has announced. 01 Nov 2011

Overhaul of telecoms v landowners rules can only improve a bad law, says expert

OPINION: Progress comes at a cost, as landowners are finding. The information we increasingly find at our fingertips has to travel somehow, and the rules governing networks' access to land have been confusing, unco-ordinated and counterproductive. 28 Oct 2011