Legal Updates
Government announces funding for housing and infrastructure projects
The government has confirmed £866m of investment in local housing and infrastructure projects, including new roads, cycle paths, flood defences…
FCA warns holders of interest-only mortgages to plan ahead
A Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) thematic review of interest-only mortgages has raised concerns that shortfalls in repayment plans could lead…
UK public register of overseas entity beneficial ownership
The government has confirmed in a written ministerial statement its intention to introduce a draft Bill before the summer recess…
Proposed reforms could make stamp duty land tax a ‘seller’s tax’
Daily Telegraph, 23 January 2018: Conservative MP John Stevenson will make the case for reforms to transform stamp duty land…
Mayor launches online database to ‘name and shame’ prosecuted landlords
Mayor launches online database to ‘name and shame’ prosecuted landlords 20/12/2017 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a…