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Belvoir’s shares were temporarily suspended yesterday after the high court approved its high profile merger with The Property Franchise Group. This paved...

CoStar’s takeover of OnTheMarket was sanctioned by the high court yesterday, paving way for the portal’s shares to be delisted by...

 A case brought by claims firm Contractors for Justice (C4J) against Purplebricks over its agents alleged rights to certain employment benefits...

Property developers and policymakers have been warned about copycat cases following a Supreme Court decision this week that ruled neighbours of...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

There's good news for thousands of estate agencies awaiting pay outs under Business Interruption Insurance schemes. The agents are amongst 370,000 businesses whose...

The Supreme Court will give its judgment on the long-running Business Interruption Insurance case on Friday. In November a Supreme Court appeal...

The hundreds of estate and lettings agencies involved in various Business Interruption Insurance policies must wait even longer to find their...

Agents anxious to know if they will receive a payout from their Business Interruption Insurance will have to wait still longer...

The Business Interruption Insurance saga, involving hundreds of agencies awaiting pay-outs on policies, enters its next and final stage later this month. An...

The many agents believed to be awaiting pay-outs on their Business Interruption Insurance will have some consolation in knowing that the...

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

A Northern Irish woman with suspected links to serious organised crime has been ordered to explain how she financed the purchase...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

Three ultra-high-value London properties cannot be sold while a money laundering investigation continues. The houses have not been identified but were most...

Proceedings against an estate agent at the centre of a fees cartel case have been dropped following his agreement not to stand as...

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

The new contract for firms joining or re-signing to OnTheMarket is reported to have a restriction on acquisitions. It is said to...

The flotation of Agents’ Mutual on the London Stock Exchange could happen as soon as later this year following the endorsement...

Agents’ Mutual’s flotation will definitely go ahead following a meeting of the High Court today, at which the appropriate processes behind...

Savills is remaining silent on the issues surrounding the apparent filing of a High Court order that may oblige the agency...

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...

With effect from the 1st December 2016, amendments to the Immigration act 2014 were made through the Immigration Act 2016.    The soundbite...

A solicitor has asked how the ban on the sale of new-build apartments and houses to holiday home buyers in a...

The result of a referendum in a tourist hotspot seeking a ban on the sale of new-build flats and houses to...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has taken to Twitter to tell those for and against Brexit to "tone down the rhetoric" that...

The government has published details of the Criminal Finances Bill with prime central London property used for purposes of money laundering...

A key decision that may have far-reaching implications for the sale of holiday homes has been delayed by a High Court...

Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...

It has been revealed this morning that OnTheMarket has been ordered to pay £1m into court - three quarters of it...

The French government has taken billionaire Foxtons founder Jon Hunt to the High Court over his attempt to dig a so-called...

Estate agency marketing organisation Cream Club - formally known as Cabec Limited - has been put into administration. It was almost two...

A scam property fund has been wound up on the recommendation of the Financial Conduct Authority after glaiming to offer guaranteed...