July 10th, 2018
Surveyor liabilities: implications of the Court of Appeal’s decision Nik Carle FCIArb, Partner, Browne Jacobson Although Network Rail’s appeal did technically fail, this was not an out-and-out victory for the two householders involved, by…
June 18th, 2018
by Dr Lisa Blake, Technical Manager, Savawith comments on reporting from Phil Parnham MRICS, Director, BlueBox Partners Many heating systems in the UK still use microbore piping. Here, we take a look at…
June 17th, 2018
Fall from graceJapanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica var. japonica), is one of a number of knotweed species, introduced into Europe in the mid-19th century (1841) by Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold, a German botanist and…
June 10th, 2018
by Phil Parnham MRICS A year on from Grenfell Tower The fire at London’s Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 was a human tragedy. As the disaster continues to be covered by the…
June 10th, 2018
Hilary Grayson BSc Est Man (Hons) – Director of Surveying Services, SavaFiona Haggett BSc (Hons) FRICS – Director of Operations, BlueBox Partners Please note: This article was originally published in July 2018. In…
June 10th, 2018
by Sava Technical Team & Phil Parnham MRICS, Director, BlueBox PartnersAt Sava, we handle complaints on behalf of surveyors on a regular basis and from direct experience know that homeowners are not best…
April 17th, 2018
Looking at the future of ground rents by Duncan Greenwood, Partner DAC Beachcroft The topic of ground rents has had a huge amount of attention over the last 12 months, culminating in the…
April 16th, 2018
1.0 IntroductionAccording to a report in the Guardian Newspaper in August this year (and following the Grenfell Fire) it was reported by the London Fire Brigade that nearly one fire a day in…
April 10th, 2018
The lessons that can be learned from Dunfermline Building Society v CBRE Ltd by Chris Rispin, Managing Director, BlueBox Partners In 2017, a claim was heard for a breach of professional negligence by CBRE…
April 10th, 2018
Tiuta International v De Villiers Surveyors [2017] UKSC 77 by Duncan Greenwood & Charlie Bending, Partners, DAC Beechcroft The claim (Tiuta International v De Villiers Surveyors [2017] UKSC 77) under discussion involved two…