Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law: Volume 11 Issue 1

Tackling rogue landlords and substandard housing: Local authorities’ legal instruments and their effectiveness

Michel Vols, Alexandre Copeland Belloir

In 2011, Dutch municipalities requested supplementary legal enforcement instruments to tackle rogue landlords and substandard housing. The national government implemented new…

Right of public ownership of land plots in the Russian Federation: discussion issues

Aleksey Pavlovich Anisimov, Anatoliy Jakovlevich Ryzhenkov

This paper aims to substantiate the existence of the form of ownership of natural resources (land) in the Russian law, unknown to European legal systems.

Land administration practices in Tanzania: a replica of past mistakes

Samwel Alananga, Elitruder Richard Makupa, Kerbina Joseph Moyo, Upendo Chamuriho Matotola, Emmanuel Francis Mrema

This paper aims to examine current land administration practices (LA) in Tanzania to pinpoint divergences and convergences from past experiences that necessitated the 1990s…

Towards a new EU regulatory law on residential mortgage lending

Héctor Simón-Moreno, Padraic Kenna

The measures enacted so far at European level to address the global financial crisis are likely to have limited effects as they are still market efficiency oriented. Accordingly…

Premises recovery through adoption of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques: Experiences from Lagos, Nigeria

Daramola Thompson Olapade, Biodun Olapade, Bioye Tajudeen Aluko

This paper aims to explore the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques as a legitimate means of ejection of recalcitrant tenant in property. This is with a view of…