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Sustainable estate management: less harm, more good

Sep 19, 2024 | farrer.co.uk | Rose Gurney |Elizabeth Earle |Christina Tennant

“Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good”: unexpected words to hear from the CEO of Harley-Davidson, but prescient. It might be refined to say it’s about doing both. As forward-looking institutions, many schools have long been ahead of the field in terms of looking to reduce their impact on the environment.
Home sweet boom: The Labour government’s plan for new towns and placemaking

Jul 18, 2024 | farrer.co.uk | Henry Stevens |Christina Tennant

The King's Speech delivered soundbites on the new government's priorities for the coming months. What do Labour’s proposals offer for the placemaking and legacy development sector? It’s clear that Labour’s prime goal is economic growth, and key to this in the pre-election manifesto and rhetoric was the drive to build 1.5 million new homes.
Eight legal topics the property sector should follow in 2024

Feb 14, 2024 | farrer.co.uk | Clare Reddy |Christina Tennant |Amy Penrose

Last year brought challenging global macroeconomic conditions and a raft of new regulation and policy for the real estate industry. But 2023 year closed with a quicker-than-anticipated tailing off of inflation and the tantalising promise of a pivot on interest rates in 2024. There are numerous reasons to feel positive about the real estate market in 2024.
Recovering legal costs under the Electronic Communications Code: advice for landowners

Jan 31, 2024 | farrer.co.uk | Neela Bhurtun |Christina Tennant

The use of electronic communications services (such as internet services and mobile networks) has increased exponentially over the last two decades, with such services now regarded as essential.
Property focus: energy data sharing

Dec 7, 2023 | farrer.co.uk | Claire Sheppard |Christina Tennant

“Understanding net zero means you understand climate risk. There are no returns on a dead planet.(1)The net zero mission is deceptively simple. It can even be encapsulated in the ubiquitous three-word slogan: net zero 2050. But, as with any vision (and three-word slogan), it is meaningless if it is not underpinned by a decent strategy and real action. It certainly makes for some harrowing reading when delving into the topic of climate change and the possibility of achieving net zero.
The Register of Overseas Entities: it’s updating time!

Sep 26, 2023 | farrer.co.uk | Suzanne Conticelli |Sophie Giblin |Christina Tennant

It has now been just over a year since the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) was launched on 1 August 2022 pursuant to the provisions of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (ECTEA). The ROE was established with the aim of combatting global economic crime by increasing transparency in the ownership of overseas entities (OEs) that hold UK property.
Building Safety Act 2022: watch out for 30 September 2023

Sep 12, 2023 | farrer.co.uk | Jack Haworth |Christina Tennant |Jessica Eades |Philippa Shutter

The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) introduces a rigorous new building safety regime for certain residential buildings, imposing more onerous requirements on those identified as “higher-risk buildings”. 1 October 2023 will bring this new regime into force. 30 September 2023 is the deadline for submitting the application to register any qualifying “higher-risk buildings” that are used for any residential purposes, including as part of a mixed-use regime.
How do the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards affect trusts?

Jun 26, 2023 | farrer.co.uk | Fred Lee |Christina Tennant

For those trusts that own investment property (whether the property is held directly by the trust or trustees or through a special purpose vehicle), it is essential to consider whether the trust’s buildings comply with the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) where applicable. What is MEES?