Overage agreements – negotiating an uplift
An overage is an agreement entered into between seller and buyer on the sale of…
February 27, 2020 By Stephens Scown
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
Quarry extensions
It is common in a minerals context for a mining company to take a lease…
October 9, 2019 By Sam Dunstan
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
A new deal for renting
Our property team always monitors the Government’s announcements concerning changes to landlord and tenant legislation.…
August 19, 2019 By Helen Thomas
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
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
Right to rent v human rights
Right to Rent checks under the Immigration Act 2014 have been found to be incompatible…
March 12, 2019 By Richard Bagwell
New protection for tenants – the Tenant Fees Act 2019
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 was passed on 12 February 2019 as part of a…
February 19, 2019 By Richard Bagwell