Residential Property

• 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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• National Trust Membership Rules Out Judge in Planning Dispute

  • Posted29 April 2013

  When a planning appeal to which the National Trust was a party came before the court and the judge due to hear it was a member of the Trust, he...

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• Court Provides Resolution to Potential Problem

  • Posted11 April 2013

  Facing the possibility of a development on neighbouring land that will reduce your light is never welcome and the threat of such a development is not something you might care...

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• Careless Talk Costs Land

  • Posted2 April 2013

  A recent High Court case shows the dangers of negotiating in a dispute without legal representation. It also illustrates that an agreement which disposes of an interest in land does...

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