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Energy and Utilities

European Commission announces hydrogen and gas market decarbonisation plans

Recast package delivers a legal framework for a hydrogen strategy and market that can draw investment into dedicated infrastructure

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12/01/2022

Energy and Utilities

European Commission announces hydrogen and gas market decarbonisation plans

12/01/2022

Regulatory and compliance

The EU steps nearer to tougher regime to fight environmental crime

New legislation to assist in the discovery and prosecution of serious environmental offences will deliver on ambitious European Green Deal...

11/01/2022

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Managing legal risk from IoT systems in business premises

As the Internet of Things proliferates, what are the risks – and opportunities – that businesses should consider regarding the...

07/01/2022

Real Estate and Infrastructure

Housing preliminary draft bill. Key new measures affecting the constitutional right of housing and, in particular, dwelling lease agreements

The future law for the right of housing pretends to adopt housing measures in order to strengthen the constitutional right...

21/12/2021

Tax

HMRC publishes its response to the call for evidence on simplifying the VAT land exemption

HMRC is to publish improved guidance on certain aspects of the VAT exemption for land and property but will not...

14/12/2021

Real Estate and Infrastructure

What happens when you build sustainable developments (and they're not just green!)

08/12/2021

Real Estate and Infrastructure

Service charges – time is (sometimes) of the essence!

Where there are interim service charges, landlords can lose out if they fail to comply with timetable machinery of lease

03/12/2021

The Building Safety Bill

Build Safe Live Safe | the Building Safety Bill: what will be the impact on property investors?

Investors in multi-residential property need to understand the scope of the proposed legislation and the potential impact on their investment

02/12/2021

Regulatory and compliance

Public and utilities procurement thresholds are set to rise in the new year

The revised value thresholds that trigger the application of public and utilities procurement regulations will now include VAT

01/12/2021

Real estate

NEC4 contracts: Key Dates and the liability incurred by missing them

The fundamental distinction in NEC contracts between 'key dates' and 'sectional completions' means one should always consider what the consequence...

29/11/2021

The Building Safety Bill

Build Safe Live Safe | The Building Safety Bill: who pays?

The question of who pays for future safety measures within residential buildings can be contentious and emotive, but is one...

25/11/2021

Tax

The Spanish municipal tax on the increase in value of urban land is declared unconstitutional

On October 26 2021, the Spanish Constitutional Court issued a ruling, nº182/2021, declaring the municipal tax on the increase in...

23/11/2021

The Building Safety Bill

Build Safe Live Safe | The Building Safety Bill: Claims for defective work

Developers and contractors would be subject to a new 15 year liability period in relation to construction defects under the...

18/11/2021

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities | Report

Identifying impactful, scalable and investable technologies to drive urban decarbonisation. Download here.

16/11/2021

Real estate

Parliament announces new Code of Practice and arbitration scheme for coronavirus-related commercial rent arrears

Government expects commercial landlords to share the burden of pandemic debt

11/11/2021

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Energy and Utilities

European Commission announces hydrogen and gas market decarbonisation plans

Recast package delivers a legal framework for a hydrogen strategy and market that can draw investment into dedicated infrastructure

New -

12/01/2022

Energy and Utilities

European Commission announces hydrogen and gas market decarbonisation plans

12/01/2022

Regulatory and compliance

The EU steps nearer to tougher regime to fight environmental crime

New legislation to assist in the discovery and prosecution of serious environmental offences will deliver on ambitious European Green Deal...

11/01/2022

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Managing legal risk from IoT systems in business premises

As the Internet of Things proliferates, what are the risks – and opportunities – that businesses should consider regarding the...

07/01/2022

Real Estate and Infrastructure

Housing preliminary draft bill. Key new measures affecting the constitutional right of housing and, in particular, dwelling lease agreements

The future law for the right of housing pretends to adopt housing measures in order to strengthen the constitutional right...

21/12/2021

Tax

HMRC publishes its response to the call for evidence on simplifying the VAT land exemption

HMRC is to publish improved guidance on certain aspects of the VAT exemption for land and property but will not...

14/12/2021

Real Estate and Infrastructure

What happens when you build sustainable developments (and they're not just green!)

08/12/2021

Real Estate and Infrastructure

Service charges – time is (sometimes) of the essence!

Where there are interim service charges, landlords can lose out if they fail to comply with timetable machinery of lease

03/12/2021

The Building Safety Bill

Build Safe Live Safe | the Building Safety Bill: what will be the impact on property investors?

Investors in multi-residential property need to understand the scope of the proposed legislation and the potential impact on their investment

02/12/2021

Regulatory and compliance

Public and utilities procurement thresholds are set to rise in the new year

The revised value thresholds that trigger the application of public and utilities procurement regulations will now include VAT

01/12/2021

Real estate

NEC4 contracts: Key Dates and the liability incurred by missing them

The fundamental distinction in NEC contracts between 'key dates' and 'sectional completions' means one should always consider what the consequence...

29/11/2021

The Building Safety Bill

Build Safe Live Safe | The Building Safety Bill: who pays?

The question of who pays for future safety measures within residential buildings can be contentious and emotive, but is one...

25/11/2021

Tax

The Spanish municipal tax on the increase in value of urban land is declared unconstitutional

On October 26 2021, the Spanish Constitutional Court issued a ruling, nº182/2021, declaring the municipal tax on the increase in...

23/11/2021

The Building Safety Bill

Build Safe Live Safe | The Building Safety Bill: Claims for defective work

Developers and contractors would be subject to a new 15 year liability period in relation to construction defects under the...

18/11/2021

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities

Sustainable disruption: 12 decarbonising technologies for cities | Report

Identifying impactful, scalable and investable technologies to drive urban decarbonisation. Download here.

16/11/2021

Real estate

Parliament announces new Code of Practice and arbitration scheme for coronavirus-related commercial rent arrears

Government expects commercial landlords to share the burden of pandemic debt

11/11/2021

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