Legal

As the Community Infrastructure Levy comes into force, Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Farrand and Jade Chalmers look at how this new charge - of up to £50 per square metre - on extensions and new resi builds…

Grant Shapps, the Housing Minister, has ruled out any reforms to tackle gazumping in the property market in a reply to a Commons question from Tory MP Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne & Sheppey).

Savills and Barclays have come to a settlement over a major mortgage fraud case just days before it was due in the High Court.

Mischon de Reya have been named Law Firm of the Year and Real Estate Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2012. The judges at the influential magazine's annual bash said;

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its investigation into Vincent Tchenguiz, cancelling his bail and conceding that it "made errors".