Residential Property

• Homeowners Triumph in Storm Damage Claim

  • Posted24 July 2013

  Householders whose homes suffered storm and flood damage reluctantly found themselves at the epicentre of a High Court case in which they defeated claims that they should be held personally...

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• Negligent Survey Brings Loss Claim

  • Posted10 July 2013

  A firm of surveyors which carried out valuations that overstated the value of three properties found itself defending an action for negligence recently. The surveyors had issued valuations on...

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• Homeowner’s Fine for Breaching Planning Laws Justified

  • Posted24 June 2013

  A homeowner who was fined £960 after he failed to comply with a local authority enforcement notice requiring him to demolish an unauthorised extension to his property has lost an...

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• Buyer Who Failed to Complete Must Pay for Loss of Value

  • Posted12 June 2013

  In these straitened times, it is regrettably not uncommon for a buyer to withdraw from the purchase of a property after a legal agreement to purchase has been completed. ...

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• Three Days in Court the Result of Informal Arrangements

  • Posted31 May 2013

  When land is owned in trust for the benefit of more than one person, the question of what should be done with it can be the source of dispute. Often,...

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• Mortgage Debt Not Regulated by Consumer Credit Act 1974

  • Posted14 May 2013

  A couple who defaulted on their £500,000 mortgage have failed to convince the High Court that the loan is unenforceable by reason of the lender’s failure to comply with the...

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