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Motorway neighbours lose council tax claim

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • December 23 2008

Can the owner of a house next to a motorway apply for a reduction in Council Tax if traffic on the motorway has increased so much that it may have reduced the value of the house?

Secondhand smoke in common areas may constitute a public nuisance

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

In a recent California appellate court case, Birke v. Oakwood Worldwide, 09 C.D.O.S. 409 (2009), the court validated a public nuisance cause of action arising out of an apartment owner’s failure to limit secondhand smoke in outdoor common areas

HUD delays effective date of builder incentive ban

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 8 2009

Since 1992, HUD has allowed all companies - including homebuilders, real estate brokers and mortgage lenders - to offer incentives to consumers as an inducement to the consumers to use the company's affiliated settlement service provider as long as the settlement service provider's service is separately offered and as long as the incentive is genuine, meaning it is not offset by higher prices elsewhere in the transaction

New changes to Home Information Pack

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 13 2009

The Government has announced further changes to the Home Information Pack (HIP) regime by requiring a ‘Property Information Questionnaire' (PIQ) to be included for all properties marketed for sale after 5 April 2009

New duties for real estate developers under money laundering legislation

  • WeirFoulds LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 16 2009

On February 20, 2009, a key amendment to regulations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, 2000, c.17 will come into force

Trees do not a forest make

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 19 2008

A recent court ruling has confirmed the right of a garden owner to manage his garden without undue interference from the Forestry Commission

Scottish planning legislation round-up

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 14 2009

The implementation of the Planning Etc (Scotland) Act 2006 continues apace with December bringing a raft of further changes to the Scottish Planning framework

Certain real estate assets qualify for deferral of estate tax under IRC Section 6166

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2008

If the interest of a decedent in a closely held business exceeds 35 of his adjusted gross estate, his estate may defer the payment of a portion of the federal estate at low rates of interest

New California Court of Appeal decision may affect administration of foreclosure-avoidance actions

  • Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

California's Legislature responded to the residential foreclosure crisis by, among other things, enacting new statutes aimed at clarifying the rights

Real estate and projects

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 14 2009

Hot off the press for this year will be the announcement of who has been appointed to the Express LIFT panel

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