Europe: Real Estate and Construction

The High Court has issued two significant rulings that clarify the boundaries of independent legal advice in lending transactions and undue influence cases.

Anayasa Mahkemesi’nin (“AYM“) 2025/190 esas ve 2026/38 karar sayılı kararı (“Karar“), 21 Mayıs 2026 tarihli ve 33260 sayılı Resmî Gazete’de yayımlanmıştır. AYM, 2942 sayılı Kamulaştırma Kanunu’nun (“Kanun“) 10. maddesinin sekizinci fıkrasının sekizinci cümlesinde yer alan “Tescil hükmü kesin olup,…” ibaresini Anayasa’nın 13., 35. ve 46. maddelerine aykırı bularak oybirliğiyle iptal etmiştir.

The decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Türkiye (“Constitutional Court“) file no. 2025/190, decision no. 2026/38 (“Decision“) was published in the Official Gazette dated 21 May 2026 No. 33260.

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The Renters Rights Act 2025 introduces the most significant reforms to England's private rental sector in decades, fundamentally transforming landlord-tenant relationships through enhanced tenant protections and modernized rental practices.

The King's Speech 2026 introduces significant legislative changes affecting the real estate sector in England and Wales, including revolutionary reforms to leasehold ownership, new building safety obligations for cladding remediation, and enhanced protections for social housing tenants. These proposed measures will fundamentally reshape property ownership structures, impose stricter compliance requirements on developers and freeholders, and address long-standing issues in construction payment practices.

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The High Court has issued two significant rulings that clarify the boundaries of independent legal advice in lending transactions and undue influence cases.

The UK's ambitious Clean Power 2030 strategy and Great Grid Upgrade face a critical planning challenge that threatens to derail progress. As National Grid races to build new transmission lines for renewable energy, local authorities continue granting planning permissions for developments directly on proposed cable routes, forcing costly redesigns and delays.

In Mace Construct Ltd v Baltic Investment Holdings Ltd [2026], the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) addressed how prospective and retrospective assessments of extensions of time (EOTs) interact...