Coastal erosion & climate change: our differing geology and future community impacts

What are the dangers of coastal erosion? As an island nation, we are rightly proud of our coastline. Our majestic cliffs, estuaries, sand and shingle beaches are a fundamental part of our landscape and our national identity. It is all the more distressing then, when we realise that this cherished identity is being rubbed away […]
EvolveCommunity launched by PracticeEvolve, featuring online learning tools

PracticeEvolve Group, incorporating Linetime and SOS, have released a new e-learning platform, designed to improve user ability when employing their chosen software. The new platform, EvolveCommunity, incorporates a host of collaborative features designed to ensure users embrace the future of legal technology and evolve their knowledge in the software they are using. Included within the […]
Freeholders cash-in on rooftop extension rights

Thanks to planning rules passed by Ministers in 2020, freeholders are now selling off “building plots in the sky” as more developers take advantage of rooftop extension development rights which allow up to two storeys to be built on commercial and residential blocks without full planning permission. Since the introduction of the new rules in […]
HMLR Practice Guide updates: PG6 and PG19

HM Land Registry has published details of changes to Practice Guides 6 and 19. Devolution on the death of a registered proprietor (PG6) This guide sets out the evidence required for applications relating to the death of a registered proprietor and deals with registered estates only. Change made: section 2.2 has been amended to add […]