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OFSI releases Property sector threat assessment report on financial sanctions

OFSI releases Property sector threat assessment report on financial sanctions
Property vests in trustees in bankruptcy and court grants orders for possession and sale (Armstrong and another v Bhattacharya and another)

Property vests in trustees in bankruptcy and court grants orders for possession and sale (Armstrong and another v Bhattacharya and another)

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Property weekly highlights—10 April 2025

Property weekly highlights—10 April 2025

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FTT dismisses appeal against application of SDLT residential rates (Patel v HMRC)

FTT dismisses appeal against application of SDLT residential rates (Patel v HMRC)

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Featured Property content

What is a certificate of title?

What is a certificate of title?

What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissionsSection 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) (section 62) is, in essence, a word-saving device....

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...

Severance of a joint tenancy

Severance of a joint tenancy

Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...

Q&As

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Title guarantee and covenants for title

Title guarantee and covenants for titleOn the disposition of a property (whether by way of conveyance, transfer or charge), the party making the...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Land charges—registration and purpose

Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Overreaching—sales by trustees of land

Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Resulting trusts

Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Legal mortgages and legal charges

Legal mortgages and legal chargesThe terms ‘mortgage’ and ‘charge’ are often used as though they are interchangeable. Strictly speaking, they are not....
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Indemnity covenants in property transfers

Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Occupiers and overriding interests

Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Concurrent and reversionary leases

Concurrent and reversionary leasesThere can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Implied easements—common law

Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Sub-sales and assignments

Sub-sales and assignmentsA sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variation

Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variationIntroductionA contract for the sale, or other disposition, of an interest in land is...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges Department

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
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1st Mar
Precedents

Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactions

Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactionsThis Precedent sets out precedent execution clauses for the types of entities most...
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2nd Mar
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Precedents

Supplemental agreement/deed of variation to vary a property sale contract

Supplemental agreement/deed of variation to vary a property sale contractThis [Agreement OR Deed] is made on [insert date]Parties1[Insert name of...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Assignments of leases—when to register at HM Land Registry

Assignments of leases—when to register at HM Land RegistryThis Note considers registration at HM Land Registry following the assignment of a lease....
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1st Mar

Popular documents

The role of a real estate lawyer in real estate finance transactions

The role of a real estate lawyer in real estate finance transactionsIn both investment and development real estate finance transactions (REF transactions), lawyers will also play a key role in negotiating all the documentation. Real estate lawyers will be of particular importance, providing reports

A charge holder seeks an order for possession over a property, and a third party with the benefit of a

A charge holder seeks an order for possession over a property, and a third party with the benefit of a charging order seeks an order for sale over the same property, is there any rule/guidance as to which claim takes precedence or whether one of them would be stayed?This Q&A assumes that the

Does a legal charge always take priority over a restriction? For example, if there are two legal charges

Does a legal charge always take priority over a restriction? For example, if there are two legal charges entered on the register and a restriction is registered that pre-dates the registration of the second charge only, will both charges have priority over the restriction?The rules on priority in

Legal charge—specific monies

Legal charge—specific moniesdate [date]Parties1[name of Lender] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [number] whose registered office is at] [address] (Lender)2[name of Borrower] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [number]