March 26th, 2024
Carrie de Silva, Sava trainer and Visiting Academic Professor at Harper Adams University, has put together an update on some pertinent court activity and other news relevant to residential valuers and surveyors.
August 10th, 2022
Sage v Secretary of State for Housing, local government and communities [2021] In 2021, the High court case Ricki Sage v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & London Borough of…
April 10th, 2021
In light of the Heart v Large and the home survey standard In this article Hilary Grayson and Nik Carle review section 4.9 of the new RICS Home Survey Standard in light of…
November 11th, 2020
In this article, we consider the recent case of Houldsworth Village Management Co v Barton which explored when a leaseholder is also a shareholder and the correct approach to requests made to lessee-owned property management…
November 10th, 2020
In February 2020 the Evening Standard reported on a case where a couple selling their home in Oxfordshire, and who failed to tell the buyers about the plans for a new motel nearby,…
November 10th, 2020
In this article, Professor of Land Law at Oxford University, Susan Bright, focuses on the provisions that relate to the occupation phase of residential buildings, contained in Part 4 of the draft Building…
July 17th, 2020
With thanks to Chris Rispin BSc FRICS for review and comments. In May 2020, an important judgment was handed down in a High Court case. In this article, Carrie de Silva provides an…
July 10th, 2020
There are certain types of development work when planning consent is deemed to have been granted by Government, as opposed to by a local authority on a case by case basis. These are…
June 17th, 2020
Over the past few years Japanese knotweed has raised concerns, perhaps disproportionately, among residential surveyors. This is not due to any changes in the law, but due to a small number of cases…
June 10th, 2020
In this article, Sava student and serving police officer, Christopher Moran, explains the signs to look out for when inspecting property with regards to cannabis cultivations, and what to do if you suspect…