Q&As

Q&As

These Q&As seek to briefly address common questions faced when dealing with Property Disputes matters.

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Property Disputes weekly highlights—27 March 2025

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: coverage of the Spring Statement 2025, Upper Tribunal decisions concerning costs in the First-tier Tribunal and clarification on the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of building’ in right to manage claims, High Court decisions concerning an application to strike out a claim and/or for summary judgment and a dispute arising from a freezing injunction prohibiting disposal or diminution of certain assets. It also includes the commencement of the 182nd Practice Direction, which came into force on 20 March 2025 and the minutes of the CPR Committee’s meeting of 7 February 2025.

Built environment industry responses to the Spring Statement 2025

Following the publication of the Spring Statement on 26 March 2025, several built environment industry bodies have released their responses.

Spring Statement 2025—Key Construction and Planning announcements

In the Spring Statement 2025, delivered on 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the RT Hon Rachel Reeves MP, announced a variety of measures impacting the Planning and Construction sectors. These include announcements regarding reforms to the planning system, investment in transport infrastructure and construction industry skills and a spending review. Gemma Duncan and James Goldthorpe, Partner and Trainee Solicitor at Sharpe Pritchard, provide comment on the announcements.

Upper Tribunal clarification on the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of building’ in right to manage claims (The Courtyard RTM Co Ltd v Rockwell (FC103) Ltd)

Property Disputes analysis: The judgment considers the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of a building’ contained in section 72(3)–(4) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA 2002), and in particular what constitutes a ‘vertical division of the building’. Written by Sonia Rai, barrister at Five Paper, who acted on behalf of Rockwell (FC103), instructed by JB Leitch.

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