Protecting your house deposit
Buying a new house together, whether as a couple, or as friends getting onto the…
May 29, 2025 By Stephens Scown
How do boundary disputes arise?
Boundary disputes are common. They often arise where historical plans showing the extent of land…
May 22, 2025 By Helen Williams
The Electronic Communications Code: Legal Update for Landowners
What does the Electronic Communications Code means for landowners? Successive governments have promoted the fast…
May 21, 2025 By Victoria Wells
Changes to the rules on marketing of property
If you are directly involved in the selling and letting of property to individuals, whether…
May 16, 2025 By Tara Hawthorn
Succeeding with succession
The great benefits of an AHA tenancy created before 12 July 1984 is the possibility…
May 12, 2025 By Ian Thomas
What is a restrictive covenant in the context of property?
A restrictive covenant is a binding condition which seeks to restrict the activities and /…
April 23, 2025 By Helen Williams
Out of the zone of contemplation into the valley of decision
This is a quote from the judgment of Lord Asquith in the case of Cunliffe…
April 16, 2025 By Helen Williams
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) – how the proposed changes may affect you
How might the proposed changes to energy performance certificates (EPC) and the minimum energy efficiency…
April 9, 2025 By Helen Williams
Forfeiture case law update: Sik v Mailk [2025]
The recent case of Sik v Mailk [2025] is a helpful reminder of forfeiture. What…
April 3, 2025 By Helen Williams
Misrepresentation in Property Litigation
In the recent case of Patarkatsishvili and another v Woodward-Fisher, the Claimant’s successfully sued Mr…
March 24, 2025 By Nicola Hall
Security of tenure and the renewal of leases: Law Commission Consultation update
Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 provides business tenants of commercial premises…
March 24, 2025 By Helen Williams
Adverse possession: Brown v Ridley and another [2025] Making sense of alternative interpretations of the 2002 Act
The law of adverse possession is colloquially described as “squatters rights”. Adverse possession offers the…
March 24, 2025 By Helen Williams