Triplerose Ltd v Patel [2018] UKUT 374 (LC) All conveyancers will be well aware of the promised –threatened? – changes to residential leaseholds. One of the perceived problems with residential leases is the availability of
The Anchor Trust v Waby [2018] UKUT 370 (LC) No, this is not a joke with a silly answer, but an important question for those living in properties subject to a service charge. As we
DUVAL v 11-13 RANDOLPH CRESCENT LIMITED [2018] EWCA Civ 2298 This recent case shows the difficulties that can arise with leasehold flats when the drafting of the lease terms has not been properly thought through.
The Registration Gap Baker v Craggs [2018] EWCA Civ. 1126 Introduction In August 2017 I discussed the ‘registration gap’ and the strange consequences flowing from it in the High Court case of Baker v Craggs.
RIGHT TO MANAGE COMPANIES AND CONSENTS REINER V TRIPLARK LTD [2018] EWCA Civ 2151 A recent Court of Appeal case reminds us that when buying a flat where a Right to Manage (RTM) company is
Well, there’s a coincidence! I had started writing an article with the above title before I saw the newspapers this weekend. So now we have the horror story of Mr McCadden who had lost his leasehold flat worth £600,000
Villarosa v Ryan [2018] EWHC 1914 (Ch) (Morgan J.) Under the Leasehold Reform Housing & Urban Development Act 1993, a ‘qualifying tenant’ of a long leasehold flat has a right to purchase a 90 year
When you get to my time of life, it is not unusual to be asked as to how conveyancing has changed since I started in practice. And yes, there have been changes – some not for
Clewer v Scammell [2018] UKFTT 209 (PC) A recent case before the First Tier Tribunal, Land Registration Division serves to remind conveyancers of the application of the principles relating to adverse possession in a classic conveyancing context.
In February this year, I wrote about the various protections given to owners of long leasehold houses against their lease being forfeited for breach of the covenants in the lease. But I have been reminded
Most properties are registered at Land Registry with “general boundaries” only.
Many people today do not remember the time when ‘King Coal’ was at the heart of British industry.
The charging of the family home to provide security for lending to a family business has long been a problem for conveyancers asked to deal with the legal work involved.
Introduction Apologies for going on about easements yet again, but the complexities of the law in this area are such that it can leave buyers – and conveyancers – with big problems.
Yes, I am going on about long leases again – and this time both houses and flats are involved.
My wife asked me whether I was going to write ‘something Christmassy’ this month.
In January this year I commented on various articles which had appeared in newspapers about leasehold land. I suppose I should not have been surprised, therefore, to come across an article in The Times on
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