Residential Property

• Supreme Court Rules That Daughter Cannot Claim Tenancy

  • Posted7 November 2012

  The Supreme Court has ruled that a daughter cannot succeed to a tenancy after the death of her mother because the right of succession belongs to her estranged father. ...

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• Agreement Set Aside When Only One Side Meets Obligations

  • Posted19 October 2012

  When two young men who were friends and sometime business associates decided to buy a flat together in 1997, they arranged it so that the property was registered in the...

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• Ownership of Property Depends on Intention

  • Posted3 October 2012

  Property can be owned in joint names as joint tenants, which means that each co-owner owns an undivided share in the whole property (and would therefore be the sole owner...

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• Flood Insurance Ending

  • Posted14 September 2012

  In 2009, the Government and the Association of British Insurers entered into an agreement, the Statement of Principles on the Provision of Flood Insurance, which committed home insurance providers to...

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• Reasonable Access Depends on Usage

  • Posted7 September 2012

  When a landowner erected a fence and a wall that impinged on a right of way and made it impossible for a farmer to get his hay baler into a...

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• Mortgage Lender’s Interest Superior to That of Occupier

  • Posted23 August 2012

  If you are having difficulty paying your mortgage, you may be tempted to consider a sale and rent back (SRB) agreement. Under an SRB, the property is bought by a...

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