Residential Property

• Lack of Legal Advice Leads to Dispute Over Property

  • Posted18 February 2020

  Couples can sometimes be tempted to enter into property transactions together without taking legal advice, on the basis that the love and trust between them will last forever. However, a...

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• Family’s Informal Occupation of Farmhouse Triggers High Court Dispute

  • Posted6 February 2020

  Allowing people to occupy your property on the basis of a handshake is an invitation to misunderstandings and costly dispute. The point was proved by a case in which the...

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• Trouble With the Neighbours? See a Lawyer Before It Gets Out of Hand!

  • Posted16 January 2020

  One secret of a happy life is to get on well with your neighbours and taking legal advice is often the best way of defusing rows before they get out...

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• Field Owner Sees Off Neighbour’s Squatters’ Rights Claim

  • Posted27 December 2019

  Landowners who neglect or fail to make use of their properties put themselves at risk of losing them to squatters. In a recent case on this subject, a woman faced...

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• Couple Overcome ‘One House’ Restriction to Build New Home in Their Garden

  • Posted3 December 2019

  New homes built in the grounds of existing residences make a valuable contribution to meeting burgeoning housing demand. However, as a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) showed, restrictions lurking...

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• Planning Building Work? Get Legal Advice

  • Posted4 November 2019

  When a property development involving a building that is listed or in a conservation area is undertaken, it is reasonable for the contractor employed to do the work to assume...

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