Insight: Legal Indemnity Insurance
Legal & Contingency works collaboratively with real estate professionals to create bespoke insurance policies that provide financial security in the event that legal risks threaten to de-rail real estate, renewable and infrastructure projects.
Our indemnity policies will cover the ‘defects’ that are specific to your property, land or development site for a one-time premium. Typically, the insurance policy runs in perpetuity and covers successors in title.
Whether you are a lawyer, advisor, developer, investor or lender, we look forward to working with you to overcome complex issues and get your deals back on track.
Positive planning for the future: is reform around the corner?
As the built environment community waits with bated breath to see whether further planning reforms will be announced, I look at some of the challenges.
One million reasons to consider Section 203
What happens if you are unable to reach an agreement for financial settlement with your neighbour to acquire their right of light?
Site assembly: wrapping up land parcels
We often take for granted the amount of time and expense that goes into site identification and assembly.
Out with the old, in with 2022
Every year the property and construction industry is faced with new challenges, and some are easier to overcome than others; 2022 looks to be no different.
Pre-planning vs post-planning: when to insure?
What are the practicalities of managing risk earlier in the development process?
Undermining land ownership – could mining happen under your development?
As a result of the geographical location of your development site, there may be issues below the ground that need to be dealt with in order to firm up the site’s financial viability.
Rights of Light: a dark art Q&A for developers
Rights of Light can be a challenging concept to understand when you're dealing with development risk and feasibility.
Investment and development trends: beds, sheds and meds
Our research with Savills examines the emerging attitude towards investment risk and ESG consideration.
Change of Use in challenging circumstances
With a number of recent revisions to planning policy around Change of Use, developers are weighing up their options for managing risk.
Insurance Emergency: Blue Light Policies
An emergency in our line of work typically means meeting a tight deadline to enable a transaction to exchange and complete in a short space of time. On occasion, we get involved with an emergency of a different kind, in this case helping to expedite construction of a new NHS facility in the North East.
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