Residential Property

• Buying Land? Have You Fully Understood Any Restrictions on its Use?

  • Posted1 June 2022

  When buying land it is vital to have a full understanding of any restrictions on the use to which it can be put. In a striking case on point, a...

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• Overlooked Homeowners Fall Foul of Ambiguity in Planning Permission

  • Posted12 May 2022

  Finding your way around the intricacies of the planning system without professional advice is, for most people, a near impossibility. The point was powerfully made by the case of a...

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• 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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