Residential Property

• Judge Laments Heavy Cost of Suburban Boundary Dispute

  • Posted19 April 2022

  Apparently trifling neighbours’ disputes over a few inches of land have a nasty habit of taking on the proportions of a state trial, with legal costs to match. That was...

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• Absentee Tenant Pays High Price for Failing to Leave Forwarding Address

  • Posted31 March 2022

  Absentee or non-resident tenants who do not leave their landlords with a forwarding address place themselves in acute legal danger. In one case, a tenant who failed to take that...

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• Houses in Multiple Occupation – Landlords Overturn Rent Repayment Order

  • Posted15 March 2022

  Landlords who rent out houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) without a required licence are exposed to the double whammy of criminal prosecution and the prospect of having to repay rent...

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• Do You Object to a Neighbour’s Development Plans? Consult a Solicitor

  • Posted4 March 2022

  If a neighbour has been granted planning permission for a development to which you object, you would be forgiven for thinking that there is nothing more you can do about...

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• Relationship Broken Down? Do You Understand the Legal Consequences?

  • Posted14 February 2022

  When a relationship between partners who jointly own their home breaks down, one of them may move out leaving the other in sole occupation. That is a commonplace scenario but,...

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• Litigation – You Need a Lawyer to Navigate the Procedural Minefield

  • Posted27 January 2022

  The litigation process can, to a non-lawyer, appear to be a maze of procedural rules replete with traps for the unwary. In one case, a woman’s claim against a builder...

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