Irwin Mitchell

A tale of 20 Cities

Hometrack figures released today show that although markets seem to be softening in London, Oxford, and Cambridge, other regional cities...

28/04/17

Nicola Gooch

Secretary of State refuses 6 recovered appeals on a single day in run up to snap election.

Last Friday (21st April) appears to have been a 'deck-clearing' day for the National Planning Casework Unit.   In what was, no doubt,  a...

24/04/17

Nicola Gooch

Metro Mayors: planning fireworks or another damp squib?

The nation is about to go to the polls. This time, however, the electorate in six regions of the UK will be tasked with electing their...

12/04/17

Irwin Mitchell

When is a right, a right?

A very recent case in the Court of Appeal Regency Villas Title Ltd and others v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd and another [2017] EWCA Civ...

10/04/17

Nicola Gooch

Demolishing Your Dreams: When Planning Goes (Extremely) Wrong

I am very pleased to say that planning enforcement cases do not cross my desk all that often, but when they do the stakes for the parties...

07/04/17