Residential Property

• Is Your Landlord Harassing You? You Don’t Have to Just Grin and Bear It

  • Posted1 August 2023

  Tenants have a right peacefully to enjoy their homes, free from harassment by their landlords. A judge succinctly made that point in awarding substantial compensation to a couple whose landlord...

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• Neighbours’ Disputes – Negotiate Now or Pay a High Price Later

  • Posted7 July 2023

  Many neighbours’ disputes may, at least to an outsider, appear trifling. However, as a High Court ruling showed, they matter very much to those involved and, in the absence of...

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• Stamp Duty Land Tax – When is a Property Unsuitable for Use as a Dwelling?

  • Posted14 June 2023

  A newly purchased house may require a great deal of renovation and repair work to render it habitable – but does that mean it is unsuitable for use as a...

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• Setting Up Business in a Garden Outhouse? Make Sure You Read This First

  • Posted31 May 2023

  One of the social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the creation of a fashion for householders to operate businesses from outhouses in their gardens. However, an important tribunal ruling...

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• Japanese Knotweed Victim Wins Compensation in Landmark Nuisance Case

  • Posted2 May 2023

  Landowners should sit up and take notice of the Court of Appeal’s ground-breaking decision to award thousands of pounds in compensation to a property investor, the value of whose land...

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• Let Down by a Cowboy Builder? Your Complaints Should Not Go Unheard

  • Posted11 April 2023

  So-called ‘cowboy’ builders who demand overpayment for delayed and shoddy work are a curse on householders. However, as a Court of Appeal ruling showed, the law takes a tough line...

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