A company is a de facto developer where it

This decision sheds important light on your property law. Here is what it changes for you.

The situation

A company is a de facto developer where it designs a project to renovate a building and divide it into lots, attaches the plans of the lots to be created to the advertising brochure it distributes, on the basis of which the purchasers, whose sole point of contact it is, conclude the purchases, instructs the surveyor and the architect, and itself files the declaration of intention to alienate even though it is not the owner of the building, arranges for another company to be substituted for it to purchase and resell the building by lots, and after the resale, which takes place through that shell company, applies for planning permission.

What the law says

This decision confirms the fundamental principles of property law.

Key points to remember

• Strictly comply with the legal time limits for lodging appeals
• Keep all your supporting documents (title deeds, deeds, correspondence)
• Anticipate: preventive advice always costs less than litigation

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