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The Week That Was - 20 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 13 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 6 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 29 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 22 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 8 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 1 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 25 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 18 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreValuers receive further clarity on External Walling Reviews
As reported in our previous post, December 2019 saw the launch of a new form, the EWS1, (External Wall System 1 form) to assist with the process of valuing properties within residential buildings. The main purpose of the form remains to simplify the process of determining whether works are required to a property in a multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential block, and to what extent any works may impact a property's value.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 11 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 4 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 25 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreRICS PII market consultation – Is the feeling mutual? Have your say
When WW1 ended, Britain started rebuilding. The Prime Minister of the day, Lloyd George, launched a campaign to build 'homes for heroes', due to concern over poor housing standards. Mass construction ensued with a new form of 'social housing' created, as well as growth in the private sector. As the housing sector developed, in 1921 the governing body for many surveyors, then known as the Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute (CAEAI), but what is now known as the RICS, introduced a requirement for its members to have professional indemnity insurance with various Lloyd's syndicates.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 18 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreRICS disciplinary process: an overview for surveyors (1 of 4)
In this series of articles, we explain the procedure for disciplinary investigations against chartered surveyors.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 11 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreStill Knot so Weedy: RICS issues new guidance on Japanese Knotweed following consultation
The RICS has published its new guidance on Japanese Knotweed, following a period of consultation last summer.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 4 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe scope of a valuer's duty post Manchester Building Society and Khan – the Privy Court's view
In Charles B Lawrence & Associates v Intercommercial Bank Ltd (Trinidad and Tobago) [2021] UKPC 30 , the Privy Council was tasked with applying the reformulated "scope of duty principle" derived from Manchester Building Society and Khan to a valuer's negligence claim in which the title to the secured land was also defective.
Read moreScope of duty and recovery of losses
A structural engineering designer is not under any duty to avoid or prevent damage to the reputation of a developer.
Read moreFire Risk Assessments - The latest developments
The British Standards Institution has published PAS 9980:2022, the new code of practice for fire risk appraisals of external wall construction and cladding of existing blocks of flats.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 28 January 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 21 January 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 14 January 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 17 December 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 10 December 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 3 December 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 26 November 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 19 November 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 12 November 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreConstruction Contracts Part 1 – Who is party to the contract?
It may at first sight appear difficult to imagine a scenario where works are performed and paid for but it is not clear who the parties to the contract are. Common sense would suggest that is simply the person or company who performs the work and the person or company who pays for it. However, it is not always readily discernible who those parties are, for example because payment is being made by a person or company who is not obtaining the benefit of the works or because a different party appears to be giving directions under the contract.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 30 July 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 23 July 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 27th November 2020
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 13 November 2020
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe week that was - 30th October 2020
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 23rd October 2020
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreHealth and Safety Bulletin – June 2020
Welcome to the latest edition of our Health and Safety update.
Read moreCAT Collective Proceedings - Summer 2024 update
Developments in the UK’s competition collective proceedings regime continue apace with new claims recently issued in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).
Read moreCRE funds – targets for future litigation
There was a wave of negative press about commercial real estate funds during the course of 2023. The higher interest rate environment and the pandemic’s economic and social legacy has stressed the sector. This was reflected in suspensions of redemptions by funds including BlackRock UK Property Fund and Blackstone’s (US) Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, and the closure of the M&G Property Portfolio fund. Asset valuation concerns are leading to many CRE funds trading at a significant discount to their net asset value. Shortsellers are circling – see for instance, Muddy Waters’ disclosure of a large short position on the Blackstone Mortgage Trust.
Read moreCourt of Appeal orders solicitor be struck off for serious breaches of accounts rules
In an important judgment in Law Society of Hong Kong v A Solicitor, the Court of Appeal set aside an order that a solicitor be suspended from practice for 24 months and substituted it with an order that he be struck off from the roll of solicitors.
Read moreHong Kong – At a glance: major changes to cross-border enforcement of judgments in Hong Kong and mainland China
The highly anticipated Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (the Ordinance) is set to take effect in mid-2023. Once the Ordinance is in place, applicants will be able to enforce a broader range of mainland judgments in Hong Kong by way of a registration procedure and vice versa in relation to Hong Kong judgments in mainland China.
Read moreDisputes Yearbook 2022: Retail and Restructuring
As part of the acclaimed Disputes Yearbook, Legal Business interviewed members of our disputes team exploring the litigation landscape and what RPC brings to the table.
Read moreDisputes Yearbook 2022: Civil Fraud
As part of the acclaimed Disputes Yearbook, Legal Business interviewed members of our disputes team exploring the litigation landscape and what RPC brings to the table.
Read moreDisputes Yearbook 2022: Technology disputes
As part of the acclaimed Disputes Yearbook, Legal Business interviewed members of our disputes team exploring the litigation landscape and what RPC brings to the table.
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