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NLJ this week: Airbnb lets lead to developments for Norwich Pharmacal

09 December 2022
Issue: 8006 / Categories: Legal News , Disclosure , Procedure & practice
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There are opportunities for wider and more creative applications of Norwich Pharmacal orders following a recent decision, write Andrew Herring, partner at Pinsent Masons, and Ali Tabari, barrister at St Philips Chambers, in this week’s NLJ.

Herring & Tabari give the lowdown on the recent case—involving a local authority’s investigations into suspected Airbnb sub-letting by social housing tenants in London’s Kensington & Chelsea. They outline the unusual aspects of the Norwich Pharmacal order concerned, and list possible implications. 

Read the full article here.

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