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We are delighted to share that Davitt Jones Bould has been appointed as a supplier on Lot 2 of the Government Commercial Agency's (GCA) RM6374 Legal Panel for Public Sector, providing public sector organisations across the UK with a compliant and efficient route to access specialist legal advice.

New regulations require the recipient of certain contractual rights over registered land to provide additional information at various stages during the contract to the Land Registry. The intention is to increase transparency over who has control over registered land even if they do not have legal ownership of it. These regulations do not apply to unregistered land.

Affordable housing provisions can be a complex part of a Section 106 Agreement, and getting the detail right matters. From tenure and unit mix to delivery triggers, Registered Provider arrangements and viability provisions, there’s plenty to check before an agreement reaches engrossment.

The Government's decision to pause and review parts of the Local Government Reorganisation programme has created significant uncertainty for councils that have already invested considerable time, resource and money into preparing for change.

Box shifting schemes involve placing boxes in otherwise unoccupied premises on a recurrent basis, the aim being to reduce business rate liabilities.

The government's proposed ban on upwards-only rent review clauses has sparked significant debate across the commercial property sector. A longstanding feature of commercial leases, upwards-only rent reviews have influenced investment values, funding arrangements and leasing strategies for decades.