Residential Property

• Social Housing Fraud Changes

  • Posted14 April 2014

  The Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 makes the unauthorised subletting of a council property a criminal offence. The prosecution can be brought by the council concerned. ...

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• Registering Land as a Village Green

  • Posted27 March 2014

  The law offers a way of protecting land that is used as a local amenity in order to ensure that it can be enjoyed for generations to come. Where land...

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• Buying a Self-Build Home – Beware of Insurance Snags

  • Posted13 March 2014

  A couple who bought a newly-built home for more than £770,000 – only to discover that the construction guarantee that came with it was not worth the paper it was...

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• Allowing Use of Land May Create Irrevocable Rights

  • Posted5 March 2014

  When land has been used by someone who has no legal entitlement to use it for 20 years without interruption, an ‘easement’ can arise under the Prescription Act 1832. In...

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• Ignoring Duty to Neighbours Costs Homeowner

  • Posted14 February 2014

  Homeowners have a responsibility to ensure that they do not damage their neighbours’ properties and this includes a legal duty to keep their garden trees and shrubs under control. ...

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• Property Use Restriction is Reasonable, Rules Tribunal

  • Posted31 January 2014

  It is normal for any building divided into flats to have rules relating to the use to which the flats can be put, as well as other internal regulations. ...

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