Most valuers will be aware of standards, such as the IVS or RICS Red Book, but is simply following the rules and including the necessary...

Real estate lenders often ask valuers to provide a value that assumes a limited time to complete the envisaged transaction. The RICS Red...

On 1st July the latest edition of the RICS "Red Book" came into effect. This contains rules that must be followed by RICS members...

Although the principles on which an award for damages for being in breach of their duty to a client may not be the first thing on a...

Recent reports prepared by or for the European Union once again highlight the lack of a readily identifiable body of business and...

In my previous blog article I discussed the similarity of the approaches adopted by the courts in both England and Delaware in two...

“In a competition of experts to see which can generate the greatest judicial skeptism regarding valuation, this case, so far, takes the...

Over two years have passed since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) became operational across much of the EU. ...

In June The Appraisal Foundation and the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) published A Bridge from USPAP to IVS. This is...

As flagged in my earlier article “Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” the IVSC is proposing some...