Residential Property

• ‘Very Unpleasant’ Wind Turbine Views Fail to Sway High Court

  • Posted20 October 2015

  The national drive for more sources of renewable energy was very much in evidence as a High Court decision condemned residents of a rural area to live with views of...

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• Rights of Way – What Does ‘Continuous’ Mean?

  • Posted1 October 2015

  Arguments over rights of access to land are very common, and a recent case shows the importance of the wording under which a right is granted. It involved a piece...

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• Social Housing Tenancy Splits

  • Posted18 September 2015

  If joint tenants of social housing fall out to the point where they can no longer live together, deciding which of them has to leave the property can be an...

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• Domestic Bonfire Sparked £200,000 Damages Claim

  • Posted1 September 2015

  The dangers of being unprepared for the possible consequences of something as seemingly innocuous as a garden bonfire were brought home by a case which ended up in the Court...

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• High Court Cracks Down on Unauthorised ‘Party Venues’

  • Posted12 August 2015

  City dwellers who are disturbed by ‘party venues’ sprouting up around them can take comfort from a guideline High Court decision which reinforced the powers of local authorities to quell...

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• Typing Error Leads to Rejection of Evidence

  • Posted23 July 2015

  Failing to meet the timetable imposed on court proceedings is very unwise, as a property owner has found out to his considerable cost. He was involved in a long-running...

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