The 12 Farming Days of Christmas
Christmas and New Year is the perfect time to reflect and start planning for the…
April 30, 2020 By Stephens Scown
Private residential landlords – new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard in full effect
From 1 April 2020, the letting of properties with an EPC rating below E is…
April 30, 2020 By Tim Walmsley
Deadline for rectifying commons register errors
A window of opportunity to correct mistakes on the registers of common land and village…
January 13, 2020 By Tom Graham
Cleaning up your act – new Environment Agency regulations on septic tanks and discharging into rivers
Septic tanks may not be the most interesting subject to read (or write!) about, but…
November 19, 2019 By Tom Graham
Residential leasehold property and escalating ground rents; what are the issues?
What is ground rent? Owners of leasehold residential properties will often need to pay an…
October 1, 2019 By Stephen Alcock
Conservation Covenants
If you’ve ever purchased a house or other land, you will probably have encountered ‘covenants’…
August 28, 2019 By Tom Graham
Relief from forfeiture: how it works and when is it available?
Ben Jones from our property disputes team explains forfeiture and how it can be applied…
June 3, 2019 By Ben Jones
Clarity on “trigger events” after councils town and village green appeal is rejected
This week the Court of appeal reviewed whether planning strategy policies are trigger events that…
May 24, 2019 By Richard Bagwell
Alternative dispute resolution
Gone are the days where litigation was the main way of resolving disputes. These days,…
May 22, 2019 By Ian Thomas
Should you register your land ?
One of the questions property lawyers are often asked is whether or not a person…
May 22, 2019 By Ian Thomas
All change for Assured Shorthold Tenancy?
With twice as many people now renting from private landlords the Government propose to scrap the…
April 30, 2019 By Ian Thomas
Uncertainty in contract terms
A recent decision by the Supreme Court has resulted in a contract with a missing…
March 20, 2019 By Catherine Mathews