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The Electronic Communications Code and how it might affect social housing providers
Posted: 14/09/2022
Social housing providers might have heard of the new Electronic Communications Code (ECC), which facilitates the installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment. However, they may be unaware of quite how wide the implications of the Code are, and how it might affect stock management......>>
What does the Supreme Court’s ruling mean for telecoms?
Posted: 19/07/2022
Laura West and Jonathan Wills address the implications of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the Electronic Communications Code. Last month, the Supreme Court issued its first decision on the new Electronic Communications Code. Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd......>>
The Telecoms Code: dealing with unresponsive occupiers
Posted: 07/06/2022
The Queen’s Speech last month brought into focus the issue of legislative change across a range of issues, including telecoms. In this parliamentary session, the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (introduced November 2021) has continued its passage, moving to the Lords (26 May 2022). At time of writing......>>
Eyes on the latest mobile Bill
Posted: 20/04/2022
Impending telecoms legislation will address issues for new Code agreements, but where does that leave operators already in place? As we await the decision of the Supreme Court in the conjoined cases of Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1755; [2019] PLSCS 201......>>
Evaluations in valuation: further guidance on rents under the Telecoms Code
Posted: 15/02/2022
Two decisions in January have provided further guidance on valuations (rent) under the Electronic Communications Code, and are likely to prove useful yardsticks in future cases. EE Ltd and another v Morriss and others [2022] EW Misc 1 (CC); [2022] PLSCS 4 involved consideration of the appropriate rent and associated methodology for a rural estate......>>
The 5G roll-out is buffering along
Posted: 06/12/2021
Is infrastructure to blame for the slow uptake of 5G, or is it lack of interest? asks Laura West. It seems like 5G has been around for a while now, but how is the UK faring when it comes to rolling out availability across the nation? The new Electronic Communications Code is designed to assist operators in upgrading the national telecoms infrastructure......>>
Helpful insight on intrusive works
Posted: 09/11/2021
It may not be precedent-setting, but a recent decision provides guidance on what the tribunal will look at before permitting an operator to undertake investigative works against a site providers’ wishes, writes Laura West. In Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v St Martins Property Investments Ltd and others......>>
Government puts telecoms industry on hold again
Posted: 12/10/2021
In June 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport issued a further consultation concerning the Electronic Communications Code. The “Consultation on regulations to implement the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act” ran until 4 August 2021......>>
Telecoms Code answers … and more questions
Posted: 15/02/2021
On 29 January 2021, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Ashloch Ltd and another [2021] EWCA Civ 90; [2021] PLSCS 25. The operator’s appeal was dismissed, with the court confirming that, where an operator is occupying a site under a tenancy protected by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954...…>>
The tangled world of telecoms: ask the specialist surveyor
Posted: 08/12/2020
Since the Upper Tribunal handed down its decision in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Ashloch Ltd [2019] UKUT 338 (LC); [2019] EGLR 2 last November, operators and site providers alike have responded to the shifting landscape that is the application of the Electronic Communications Code...…>>

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