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Maintenance of a river embankment

Maintenance of a river embankment

The High Court has upheld a decision by Natural Resources Wales to cease maintenance of River Conwy embankment. Gwion Lewis KC analyses the judgment.

January 12, 2026

Maintenance of a river embankment

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High Court to hear dispute over whether land earmarked for Wimbledon expansion is protected by statutory trust

January 13, 2026

Couple threaten City of London Corporation with legal action over park cafés transfer

January 13, 2026

Campaigners fundraise for judicial review over council “failure” to process application for nomination of activities garden centre as asset of community value

December 19, 2025

Section 5 report details “fundamentally flawed” and “unlawful” building disposal decision

Dec 15, 2025

Resident secures compensation award over impact of relief road scheme 50m from property

Dec 11, 2025

London borough fails in appeal over service charges and costs of remedying major structural defects in tower blocks

Dec 11, 2025

City council defeats appeal by landlord over refusal of permission to apply for judicial review in business rates case

Dec 11, 2025

Delays caused by approval processes of Building Safety Regulator “unacceptable”, say peers

Dec 11, 2025

Supreme Court gives permission for leapfrog appeal concerning disputed easement over council-owned car park

Dec 01, 2025

High Court dismisses challenge brought by football club over refusal by council to grant lease for sports facilities

Nov 28, 2025

Pub unused for 11 years can be listed as an ACV, tribunal rules

Nov 13, 2025

Flat leaseholders win potentially pyrrhic victory against council

Nov 13, 2025

Government publishes new guidance on the disposal of public sector land

Nov 13, 2025

Council defeats judicial review challenge by unsuccessful bidder over sale of library building

Nov 06, 2025

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from developer over covenants in lease benefitting city council

Nov 04, 2025

Council cracks down on snail farm business rates avoidance schemes

Oct 29, 2025

Judges reject challenge by freeholders over changes to legislation on determination of sums payable on exercise of right to enfranchise

Oct 27, 2025

Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal village green deletion

Oct 21, 2025

Councillors at Welsh local authority drop judicial review over mosque plans

Oct 13, 2025

Government proposes requirement on sellers and estate agents to provide buyers with “vital information” about property upfront

Oct 06, 2025

North West councils win High Court lead claims over business rates schemes

Oct 02, 2025

Government to press ahead with power to remove ‘hope value’ from compensation payable on compulsory purchase

Sep 25, 2025

Councils and housing associations warn on feasibility of setting minimum energy efficiency standard for socially rented homes

Sep 24, 2025

Developer bids to take dispute with council over covenants in lease to Supreme Court

Sep 24, 2025

Council poised to be first to use new powers on empty shops

Sep 18, 2025

Councillors issue pre-action protocol letter over mosque lease

Sep 16, 2025

US film maker in legal dispute with council over control of grade II* listed hall

Sep 11, 2025

Judge quashes permission for polytunnels over failure to consider impact on listed building and ancient woodland

Sep 10, 2025

Tribunal allows appeal over listing of 25 acres of woodland as asset of community value

Sep 04, 2025

Judge quashes planning permission over failure to take into account rebuttal report on right to light

Sep 03, 2025

Council secures £125k fine for company which failed to repair listed church

Aug 07, 2025

Supreme Court hands down ruling on legislation governing siting of crematorium

Jul 31, 2025

Campaigner hit with £85,000 costs order after playing fields village green dispute

Jul 31, 2025

Judge rejects challenge over permission to expand site of Wimbledon Championships, but campaigners warn “insurmountable” obstacles to development remain

Jul 22, 2025

Council ordered to pay costs after settling judicial review claim over failure to take enforcement action on church conversion

Jul 10, 2025

Government to press ahead with reforms to Right to Buy

Jul 09, 2025

High Court gives reasons for rejecting injunction bid over trans rights protest outside equality watchdog offices

Jun 13, 2025

High Court judge criticises “pretty relaxed and leisurely manner” to carrying out specific works in disrepair case

Jun 13, 2025

DWP to procure replacement £19.5m property legal services contract

Jun 12, 2025

School wins village green challenge as High Court orders deletion of land from register

Jun 11, 2025

Housing providers urged to register to adopt new shared ownership code

Jun 11, 2025

Commercial property team at Wolverhampton wins ‘Legal Team of the Year’ award at LLG Awards 2025

Jun 10, 2025

Law Commission provisionally backs retention of “contracting-out” model for security of tenure for business tenancies

Jun 06, 2025

Features

From 1925 to 2025

From 1925 to 2025

December 05, 2025

Paul Wilmshurst looks at the Law of Property Act 1925’s journey through a transformative century (and beyond).

Renewal of telecoms leases and building safety regulation

Renewal of telecoms leases and building safety regulation

December 04, 2025

A county court has clarified lease renewal terms under section 35 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in relation to telecoms leases. Clare Hartley analyses the ruling.

Wolverhampton Traveller injunctions – where are we now?

Wolverhampton Traveller injunctions – where are we now?

November 28, 2025

Two years on from the Supreme Court’s judgment in Wolverhampton, Natalie Pratt looks at how the law relating to Traveller injunctions has developed.

Section 193 LPA 1925: public access to commons and waste land

Section 193 LPA 1925: public access to commons and waste land

November 27, 2025

Jonathan Karas KC and Jamie Sutherland look at the part played by section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 in relation to public access to open spaces.

The importance of an adequate mortgagee exclusion clause

The importance of an adequate mortgagee exclusion clause

Nov 13, 2025

Where now for the ‘right’ to park?

Where now for the ‘right’ to park?

Nov 07, 2025

Service Charge Disputes and Forfeiture: Pitfalls, Practicalities, and Procedure

Service Charge Disputes and Forfeiture: Pitfalls, Practicalities, and Procedure

Oct 31, 2025

Public Rights Over Land Conference 2025

Public Rights Over Land Conference 2025

Oct 31, 2025

To break or not to break: break clauses and conditionality

To break or not to break: break clauses and conditionality

Oct 31, 2025

Telecommunication operator sharing rights: Changes for landowners

Oct 23, 2025

Compulsory purchase compensation reforms: the next stage

Oct 09, 2025

Climate legal risk and property: what local authorities need to know

Oct 09, 2025

How not to control second homes

Oct 09, 2025

“A presumption by any other name…”

Sep 11, 2025

Statutory notices and the perils of non-compliance

Sep 03, 2025

Changes to the Asset of Community Value regime

Aug 29, 2025

The landfill tax and local authorities

Aug 13, 2025

Town and village greens: landowner statements and regulatory failures by the CRA

Aug 08, 2025

The path ahead for social housing

Aug 06, 2025

Reforming the Right to Buy

Aug 06, 2025

What next for rent reviews?

Jul 17, 2025

The Building Safety Act and retrospective service charge protection

Jul 10, 2025

Right to Buy (RTB) leases — be warned about service charges

Jul 10, 2025

Removal from the village green register

Jun 27, 2025

Webinars

Service Charge Disputes and Forfeiture: Pitfalls, Practicalities, and Procedure

Join Laura Webster and Rabby Fozlay as they deliver the next webinar for NSC's series from its Property Practice.

Public Rights Over Land Conference 2025

Property Nuts and Bolts (Part 5) – Disrepair claims and counterclaims

Property Nuts and Bolts (Part 4) – Boundary disputes - Webinar

Property Nuts and Bolts – Part 3 – Possession claims

Property Law Nuts & Bolts: Session 2 - Part 36

Property Law Nuts & Bolts: An Introduction to Business Tenancy Renewals - Part 1

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