Real estate acquisitions and dispositions has changed dramatically over the past several years, posing new challenges. We hear from Michaela Grambling, who reveals what could be done to increase commercial growth in real estate and reasons to why deals often fall through. With Texas being the top state in the US for contributions to […]
Expert Tim Murphy is Chief Executive Officer, Principal and exclusive commercial real estate broker of Rebounderz family entertainment centers. Below he outlines “what it takes” to turn intellectual property infringement into an ancillary income stream. According to a January 2018 Seyfarth Shaw LLP report titled “2017 Patent Litigation: A Statistical Overview,” the past 5 years […]
Loot Boxes are under fire once again. The promotion of gambling to minors is currently on Germany’s hit list and will have an effect on all of Europe. Problem gambling affects people of all ages, including children. The promotion of gambling activities to minors is a big taboo, as children are not yet mentally developed […]
In 2014, the UK Data Protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a blog emphasising the importance of solicitors and barristers keeping personal information secure, following a number of data breaches involving the legal profession. A year later, 4% of UK data security incidents reported to the ICO still involved UK lawyers. Some mistakes […]
As of 1 April 2018, part three of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, more commonly known as the MEES regulations, came in to effect. These relate minimum energy efficiency standards and affect commercial property as well as residential property. Below Conor Geoghegan, Senior Associate Solicitor, Commercial Property at Coffin […]
Sporting rights generally comprise the rights to short, hunt or fish on a specific measure of land. But when it comes to buying, selling, renting or leasing land, what power do sporting rights have and what part do they play in the real estate game? Lawyer Monthly hears on this from leading landed estate management […]
Japan and Singapore have knocked Germany off the top spot of the Henley Passport Index, with citizens of both Asian nations now enjoying visa-free access to a record 180 destinations. The German passport has topped the travel freedom index — updated in real-time as visa-policy changes come into effect — for the past five years […]
A new refund scheme for lasting power of attorney (LPA) applications was introduced at the beginning of February, but could it be the Ministry of Justice’s best kept secret? Elizabeth Young, partner at Roythornes Solicitors, looks at the scheme a month on from its launch and questions why not many people appear to know about […]
Brexit is coming. Along with it, comes the inevitability of increased smuggling activity by Organised Crime Groups (OCGs). Below, Dr Simon Sneddon, Senior Lecturer at The University of Northampton, explains for Lawyer Monthly. Nearly four decades ago, American academic Dwight C Smith Jr argued that “enterprise takes place across a spectrum that includes both business […]
Paresh Raja, CEO of Market Financial Solutions believes proposed changes to planning laws are a step in the right direction, and are likely to open a new wave of investment opportunities for property investors while at the same time increasing the number of houses on the market. However, Paresh believes changes to planning laws will not solely […]
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