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Upper Tribunal clarification on the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of building’ in right to manage claims (The Courtyard RTM Co Ltd v Rockwell (FC103) Ltd)

Upper Tribunal clarification on the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of building’ in right to manage claims (The Courtyard RTM Co Ltd v Rockwell (FC103) Ltd)

Upper Tribunal clarification on the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of building’ in right to manage claims (The Courtyard RTM Co Ltd v Rockwell (FC103) Ltd)

BPF calls for 3,000 new planners and regulatory reform in Plan for Growth

BPF calls for 3,000 new planners and regulatory reform in Plan for Growth
HMLR updates guidance on re-entered notices in power of sale transfers

HMLR updates guidance on re-entered notices in power of sale transfers
MHCLG publishes response to Building Safety Levy consultation

MHCLG publishes response to Building Safety Levy consultation

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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

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Do the directors and shareholders of a dormant private limited company limited by shares have any

Do the directors and shareholders of a dormant private limited company limited by shares have any personal liability if part of a property owned by the company falls off and injures a pedestrian?This Q&A raises two issues, first, to what extent shareholders and directors can be personally liable for

Landlords' duties (Health and safety)

Landlords' duties (Health and safety)Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974), a duty is owed by employers to employees to ensure their health safety and welfare at work as far as reasonably practicable. In addition, a person who has control of premises has a duty to any other

Should air conditioning units have Building Regulation approval for their installation? Is there any

Should air conditioning units have Building Regulation approval for their installation? Is there any other paperwork we should be asking for?Whether Building Regulation approval is required to install air conditioning depends on the exact specifications of the air conditioning unit and the type of

Micklefield clauses

Micklefield clausesWhat is a Micklefield clause?It is common for employee share plans to provide that, on termination of employment (or when an employee is given or receives notice of termination of employment), subsisting share awards will be forfeited and subsisting share options will lapse.It is