Georgina Muskett

Oct 3, 2023 | propertyweek.com | Kimberly Bartlett |Helen Emmerson |Matthew Allen |Georgina Muskett

However, lighting has the power to completely transform a space’s function and feel. The race to net zero is number one on the agenda for many of us – and rightly so – but we have to look at the bigger picture when it comes to lighting design and prioritise people alongside the planet. The relationship between lighting and placemaking goes past practicality; it is emotional and runs deep in our collective psyche. For most people, darkness makes a place unwelcoming and, for many, inaccessible.

Oct 3, 2023 | propertyweek.com | Matthew Allen |Helen Emmerson |Kimberly Bartlett |Georgina Muskett

While the government has put new legislation and increasing fire safety and environmental regulations high on its agenda, it is doing little to incentivise and support those landlords trying to invest in and upgrade old apartment blocks. Around 3.1 million UK apartment blocks were built more than 60 years ago. If current and new building compliance standards were applied to most of these, they would probably fail.

Sep 26, 2023 | propertyweek.com | Georgina Muskett |Vikki McKay |Benjamin Peacock |Karin Mouhon

Among other things, a landlord needs to show both a subjective and an objective intention to undertake the proposed redevelopment. That intention will need to be demonstrated at trial. The subjective element means showing a fixed and settled intention to do what they say they will do. The intention must have moved “out of the zone of contemplation” and into the “valley of decision”.

Sep 14, 2023 | blog.charlesrussellspeechlys.com | Penelope Byatt |Jessica Dawkins |David Hansford |Georgina Muskett

Estate administration can be an extremely challenging and time-consuming process. There are several ways you can make this process much easier for your executor. I have outlined my five top tips below!1. Make sure your executor wants to be your executor. It may be helpful to have a conversation with the person you have in mind to be your executor. You can outline what the role will entail and ask if they are willing to take this responsibility on.

Sep 13, 2023 | lexology.com | Georgina Muskett

Whilst some businesses are trying to encourage a return to the office, hybrid working seems here to stay for the majority resulting in a surplus of vacant office space. With this and a critically low supply of high-quality lab space within the life sciences sector in London, are lab conversions the obvious answer to office space voids? Several conversion projects are already in the pipeline.