The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (the LURA) received Royal Assent received on 26 October 2023 and is a substantial piece of legislation (over 500 pages long!), creating a raft of new laws concerning the property industry, many of which are yet to come into force.
In this round up we explore some of the main legislative changes
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that courts have the power to grant injunctions against “newcomers”, that is, persons who at the time of the grant of the injunction are unknown and are unidentifiable, and who have not yet performed, or even threatened to preform, the acts which the injunction prohibits. The injunction may be granted on an interim
New rules are set to take effect on 1 October 2023, which will include the establishment of an intermediate track for claims ranging from £25,000 to £100,000. Prior to the new rules coming into effect, such cases would have been allocated to the multi-track.
The new rules are being introduced under The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2023 and
Persimmon Homes had appealed against a High Court decision which found that an inspector’s grant of planning permission for a 475-dwelling development within The South Downs National Park was unlawful.
The Court of Appeal examined whether the inspector erred in considering local and national planning policy. Contrary to the High Court, the Court found the inspector correctly considered the conflict
