New measures to address illegal immigration mean that residential landlords must confirm that their prospective tenants and occupiers are lawfully in the UK before letting to them. Landlords who do not verify their tenants’ or occupiers’ “right to rent” could be fined up to £3,000. These are the latest in...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised BFB Brandenburg Kapital GmbH, a 100%-subsidiary of the Investment Bank of the Land of Brandenburg (ILB), on its investment in Kinematics GmbH through early stage growth funds. Other investors include KOELBE Unternehmensbeteiligungen GmbH, gruenwald electronic GmbH, a business angel and an industrial robotics...

The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement in Edwards v Kumarasamy [2016] UKSC 40 . It has overturned the Court of Appeal and confirmed that a landlord is not liable for a tenant’s injury under section 11(1A) Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 (LTA) where there has been no prior...

Law 13/2015, of 24 June, amending the Mortgage Law, approved by Decree of 8 February 1946, and the Consolidated Text of the Law on the Real Estate Cadastre, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2004, of 5 March (“Law 13/2015”), in force since 1 November 2015, is aimed at coordinating the...

Since the launch of the Starter Homes Regulations Technical Consultation in March 2016, there has been much speculation as to how the starter homes regime will take shape. Fundamental questions have included the following: to what extent will starter homes replace more traditional types of affordable housing? will a national...

The government has announced legislation to change the consenting process for battery storage projects in England and Wales. These confirm the government's previous proposals, set out in a recent consultation on reforming the planning regime for electricity storage. The changes represent the latest phase of the government's Smart Systems and...

The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Pretoria Energy Company (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd , where an energy company sought to argue that a landowner had entered into a binding agreement to grant a 25-year lease by virtue of signed heads of terms. A large...