Legal

It may be customary for a contractor to return to a completed project and rectify defects at no cost to the client, but the common law has to date provided little protection if this doesn't happen, writes…

Buyers sued sellers of £1m Oxfordshire barn conversion when they discovered - via the local pony club - that the latest Soho House outpost was being built near their new home

Siding with the residents could have opened "floodgates" to many more privacy cases, said the Court of Appeal, in "every single case where there's planning permission granted and there's a balcony overlooking.

It's alleged that the site of the super-prime One Blackfriars scheme was undervalued in 2011, and that a sole sales agency was appointed "misfeasantly".

The Law Society's revised Property Information Form adds an "unknown" option for Japanese knotweed.

Ambitious landscaping project in Highgate ended up as a cautionary tale for design professionals

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Zamira Hajiyeva – the wife of jailed Azerbaijani banker Jahangir Hajiyev – to discharge the Unexplained Wealth Order made against her by the National…

Security will be high on the agenda for HNW buyers after a spate of high-value burglaries

Danish authorities have seized a property near Hyde Park in London, worth £15m, as part of an investigation into a massive tax scandal.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office dragged into super-prime lettings squabble after 'gentleman's agreement' turns sour

Paddington-based Olympia Estates was found to be operating two HMOs without a licence

Investigators 'attempting to seize' £40m worth of UK properties linked to daughter of Uzbek dictator, including one of the finest homes on the Wentworth Estate