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CDM 2015: Who is the Principal Designer?
01 August 2017By now, everyone is familiar with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (“Regulations”). However, there still seems to be confusion as to who should fulfil the role of the Principal Designer (“PD”).
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Lewis Silkin delighted to be associated with long standing client Sager House (Almeida) Limited
Deal
20 June 2017Lewis Silkin is delighted to be associated with long standing client Sager House (Almeida) Limited (a joint venture between the Sager Group of companies and US investment fund Cain Hoy) in providing legal services for the delivery of a major mixed use development of the former North London Post Sorting Office off Upper Street, Islington.
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Beware of copyright when considering existing planning permission
02 March 2017The recent judgment in Signature Realty Ltd v Fortis Developments Ltd & Anor is an excellent example of the application of copyright in a planning and building context.
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Relaxation of Sunday trading hours and problems for retailers from a property perspective
Press
25 July 2015Rachel-Francis-Lang's letter to The Grocer highlighting the problems for retailers from a property perspective, should Sunday trading hours be relaxed, has been featured in the 25th July edition of the publication.
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When councils can charge planning agreement fees and when they cannot
Press
03 June 2015We have written an article for Waste Planning magazine on the requirements for planning applications for waste related schemes.
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Neighbourhood development plans give communities a greater say
Press
07 April 2015We have written an article for Waste Planning magazine.
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Lewis Silkin advises France-based Raja Group on acquisition of Morplan, mail order distributor to UK’s retail and fashion industry
Deal
19 March 2015Lewis Silkin has advised France-based Raja Group, the leading European industrial packaging distributor, on its acquisition of Morplan, the number one B2B mail order distributor to UK’s retail and fashion industry.
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Planning policy shift raises barrier to building waste facilities in green belt
Press
09 February 2015We have written an article for Waste Planning Magazine.
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Government policy on deemed discharge is sensitive to protection and control
Press
29 January 2015We have written an article for Waste Planning Magazine.
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Lewis Silkin advises Sager Group on joint venture with Cain Hoy to develop Islington Square
Deal
20 November 2014Lewis Silkin has advised property development and construction company Sager Group on its joint venture with Cain Hoy Enterprises, a private investment company, to transform London’s Islington Square, an area close to Kings Cross, the City and Tech City.
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What you need to know about the new Social Housing Fraud Act
Press
15 October 2013In an article written for The Guardian's Housing Network, Paul Hayes discusses key aspects of the new act as well as raising questions that the act, designed to crack down on the estimates 100,000 social housing properties subject to fraud, leaves unanswered.
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Big yourself up
Press
17 May 2013In an article for Building magazine, Alex Kelham discusses a government initiative that allows suppliers of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to promote certain work they undertook.
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Weapons of mass eviction
Press
17 May 2013In an article for Inside Housing, Paul Hayes discusses increasing rent arrears and the Registered Providers who are using mandatory grounds for possession. The rising rent arrears are a result of welfare reform. In a bid to defend their income, housing associations are increasingly considering the use of mandatory grounds for possession and, last year, social landlords filed 96,742 possession claims in the county courts.
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Beware of lodgers' rights
Press
05 April 2013In an article for Inside Housing, Paul Hayes encourages landlords to be aware of laws concerning lodgers as the under-occupation charge, or ‘bedroom tax’, came into effect on 1 April.