Residential Property

• Rules are Rules

  • Posted10 July 2019

  A recent case should serve as a reminder that rules are rules and ‘close enough’ often isn’t! The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 states...

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• Failure to Challenge Repaving Results in Loss of Title

  • Posted20 June 2019

  Failing to take active steps to protect your land from use by another can produce unfortunate effects, as a couple from York discovered recently. The couple own a bungalow...

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• Couple Outraged By ‘Ugly Duckling’ Home Cinema Win Six-Figure Damages

  • Posted10 June 2019

  If building works on your home go wrong, strong legal representation can ensure that you are properly compensated. In a recent case, a couple who paid over £400,000 for a...

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• High Court Rules Against Right to Rent

  • Posted21 May 2019

  The legislation that introduced the Right to Rent scheme, which went live in February 2016 and compels landlords to check the immigration status of their tenants, has never been popular...

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• SDLT Reminder

  • Posted7 May 2019

  Clients are reminded that, following the introduction of the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, the time limit for the payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on property...

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• When a Covenant May Be More Than it Seems

  • Posted9 April 2019

  If you own or buy a property, you may find that there are covenants which apply to it, a covenant being a requirement to do something or refrain from doing...

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