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Clare Regan, director of commercial law at Maitland Walker Solicitors, considers how the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) interacts with other current planning obligations.

In these difficult times commercial tenants will often be looking to terminate a lease early.  The right to “break” may arise on one or more specified dates or it may be exercisable at anytime on a rolling basis.  Not all leases include a break clause and the terms can impose varying levels of compliance.

Cheltenham law firm Maitland Walker LLP has won an important decision in the Court of Appeal on the free movement of goods in the European Union.

At present the Competition Act 1998 does not apply to property contracts. However, further to a recent consultation by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Competition Act 1998 (Land Agreements Exclusion and Revocation) Order 2004 which protects property contracts from the Competition Act's Chapter 1 Prohibition is due to be repealed in April 2011.  

The England & Wales High Court is now hearing the strange case of the late Owen Davies, formerly of Stratford upon Avon.

On 9^th November 2011 The Supreme Court handed down the Judgment in the case of Jones v Kernott.

To most farming families a farm is not just for life but is for successive generations.   Therefore it is important to take steps to protect farming assets from the threats posed by the breakdown of a marriage or relationship.

The fear of lost tax relief is keeping many farmers working until long past their retirement.

The right (easement) to drive stock over another’s land can be acquired either by an express grant  or by long use (prescription).  This Article looks at two cases in which farmers believed they were entitled to drive stock over land.