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What a second legal defeat means for Edinburgh's "Airbnb" licensing

Can 'peace talks' save city from quagmire of appeals, more legal challenges and compensation claims?

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David Forsyth
Dec 07, 2023
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The dust is starting to settle on the debris of City of Edinburgh Council’s hard-line policy on the licensing of so-called Airbnb-style short-term lets, after Lord Braid’s emphatic Judicial Review judgement labelled a large part of their approach “unfair and illogical” and therefore unlawful.

It was the second time the learned Court o…

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