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04 September 2008
Issue: 7335 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest , Property , Housing
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Town & Country Planning

Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 910, [2008] All ER (D) 420 (Jul)

Under ss 14 and 15 of the Land Compensation Act 1961, where a local authority compulsorily purchases land after refusing the landowner’s application for housing development, the Lands Tribunal has to value the land on the basis that planning permission has been granted for the housing development.

Issue: 7335 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest , Property , Housing
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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