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2024 Real Estate & Construction Deal Highlights

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2024 was another banner year for the Charles Russell Speechlys Real Estate and Construction team. We were able to support you, our clients, across an incredible range of matters, leveraging our size, breadth of experience and international reach to deliver timely, commercial results whilst retaining the personal touch that we know you value. Please click here for the deal sheet including this year's highlights.

In a year of significant global change, we found that our Private Capital clients in particular were more than ever looking for an advisory team that balanced a long term view with the ability to react quickly to events. You have had to consider both national level economic factors, at least two UK budgets based on very different philosophies and significant global economic pressures in a year of multiple elections and conflict across the world.  

Below is a selection of some of the work we carried out in 2024 - it gives a good insight into the variety of our work over the last 12 months. We are delighted to have supported our long-term clients on their real estate business needs, including Habro on several of their Central London property acquisitions, and David Lloyd on the purchase and forward funding of their new site in Bury St Edmunds. 

Our Construction team executed an exciting building contract with Pirbright Innovations Limited for the development of their new Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing, and our Real Estate Disputes team has been busy with claims for the University of Surrey and with a larger claim for The Meyrick Estate in Bournemouth. 

We look forward to continuing to support all of you, our clients, on your personal and business interests in 2025.  

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  • Judgement Under Pressure: The General Counsel and In-House Counsel Role in the Built Environment

    Events

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  • Francis Ho writes in Building about the proposed ban on construction retentions

    Francis Ho

    In the Press

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises longstanding client Hearthstone Investments on its acquisition by Sentinel Real Estate

    Edward Robinson

    News

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  • Francis Ho writes about the Building Safety Levy in Estates Gazette

    Francis Ho

    In the Press

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  • What Do Landlords Need to Know About the New ‘Register Your Rental Property’ Service?

    Lauren Fraser

    Insights

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  • Surveyors' Refresher Seminar

    Hope Barton

    Events

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  • The two staircase requirement in England

    Melanie Hardingham

    Insights

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  • Balancing repair against quiet enjoyment

    Sylwia Barchus

    Insights

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  • The Building Safety Levy comes into force – what developers need to know

    Kate Knox

    Insights

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  • Georgina Muskett and Sylwia Barchus examine the strategic use of settlement offers in property disputes, writing in Solicitors Journal

    Georgina Muskett

    In the Press

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  • Laura Bushaway and Helena Cullwick write in Solicitors Journal about preparing for the private rented sector database

    Laura Bushaway

    In the Press

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  • Francis Ho writes in Building magazine about the process of remediation for residential buildings with unsafe cladding

    Francis Ho

    In the Press

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  • Building Safety Update Seminar

    David Savage

    Events

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  • Lauren Fraser comments in New Law Journal on a Supreme Court decision regarding Right to Manage claims

    Lauren Fraser

    In the Press

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  • What could the Law Commission’s proposals on the rights of first refusal mean for office occupiers?

    David Haines

    Insights

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises long-standing client BioMed Realty on Jagex's move to Granta Park

    Amy Shuttleworth

    News

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  • Property Patter: Service Charges – What is the current state of play?

    Georgina Muskett

    Podcasts

  • Niamh Tenison contributes to an Estates Gazette legal Q&A on limitation periods and incorrect court fees

    Niamh Tenison

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  • Hannah Catt writes in PrimeResi on the upcoming High-Value Council Tax Surcharge in the UK and why it needs careful design

    Hannah Catt

    In the Press

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  • No Easy Escape: The Court confirms test to restrain a call on an on-demand performance bond

    Sara Cunningham

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