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Property weekly highlights—20 June 2019

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Published on: 20 June 2019

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Table of contents

Leasing property
Clarification of contracting out procedure
Chattels and fixtures counterclaim
Transferring property
Protocol on client identity following Dreamvar
HM Land Registry confirms ‘signed as a deed’ no longer acceptable for corporates
Law Commission report on money laundering
Residential property
Regulating revenge evictions
Property Ombudsman issues updated Codes of Practice

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property highlights includes: cases on clarification of the contracting out procedure for business leases, the conduct of cases on the electronic communications code, the extent of rights to work mines and minerals, professional negligence in detecting Japanese knotweed and business rates valuation. We also cover the new protocol on client identity prepared by the London Property Support Lawyers Group following Dreamvar.

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