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Property weekly highlights—5 April 2018

Property weekly highlights—5 April 2018

Published on: 05 April 2018

Published by: LexisPSL

Property weekly highlights—5 April 2018
In this issue:
Leasing property
Extent of demise—whether subsoil included
Commercial tenancies—Implied terms—business efficacy
Residential tenancies—right to rent
Residential tenancies—regulation of agents
Residential tenancies—protection of monies
Commercial real estate finance
Liability for fraudulent re-mortgages

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Enforcement—whether consent order for possession enforceable
Releasing security
Environment, energy and buildings
Consultation on new energy efficiency scheme targeting low-income and vulnerable customers
Additional Property this week
Property Disputes highlights
New government property agency
Bailiffs
Wales—Land transaction tax
Additional news—daily and weekly news alerts
Trackers
Latest Q&As
Useful information

Article summary

This week’s edition of Property highlights includes: cases on demise of subsoil and implied terms in leases and government responses to two consultations concerning letting agents. Sign in or take a trial to read the full analysis.

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