Public nuisancePublic nuisance involves a nuisance being carried out, which affects a section of the general public. It has been defined as: 'acts or...
Background to judicial review in ScotlandJudicial review represents the means by which the courts control the exercise of governmental power. Judicial...
The power of the court to order the forfeiture of property under the PCC(S)A 2000The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is the principal...
What is insurance law?Insurance law can be split into three parts:•insurance contract law which governs the contractual relationship between insureds...
Commercial Property Standard EnquiriesThe Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE) have become the industry standard pre-contract enquiries for...
This Practice Note covers the legal framework and regulatory guidance to be considered in determining whether an arrangement constitutes a contract of...
This Practice Note explains how to ascertain the location of property boundaries: the general boundaries rule that applies to HM Land Registry title...
The Law Society first issued its practice note on flood risk on 23 May 2013 due to the increasing risk properties face from flooding and the knock on...
The owners of the land on either side of the river are responsible for the maintenance of the watercourse itself and the flow within it, as where the...
Does the owner of a watercourse have a right to drain into that watercourse?An owner of land abutting on water is a ‘riparian owner’ (see Commentary:...
In researching this Q&A, we have been unable to find any exemption releasing the regulator from its rights and responsibilities as a riparian owner....
If you own land or property next to a river, stream or ditch you are a riparian landowner. Riparian owners have certain rights and responsibilities.In...
Risk management authority powersA risk management authority (RMA) is defined in section 6(13) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (FWMA 2010)...
Under the common law, the owner of land forming the bank of a natural watercourse has the benefit of the presumption that a landowner owns the land up...
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