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Insolvency, declarations of trust, loan agreements, artificial asset protection, sham transactions, transactions defrauding creditors, interspousal asset transfers, change of position defence and wife’s entitlement to share of husband’s assets (Sayers v Dixon)

Insolvency, declarations of trust, loan agreements, artificial asset protection, sham transactions, transactions defrauding creditors, interspousal asset transfers, change of position defence and wife’s entitlement to share of husband’s assets (Sayers v Dixon)

Insolvency, declarations of trust, loan agreements, artificial asset protection, sham transactions, transactions defrauding creditors, interspousal asset transfers, change of position defence and wife’s entitlement to share of husband’s assets (Sayers v Dixon)

Court of Appeal on right to manage, strict procedural compliance and equitable tenancies (Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd)

Court of Appeal on right to manage, strict procedural compliance and equitable tenancies (Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd)

The following Property Disputes news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Court of Appeal on right to manage, strict procedural compliance and equitable tenancies (Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd)

HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 8

HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 8
The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations—a quick guide

The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations—a quick guide

The following Construction news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations—a quick guide

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Severance of a joint tenancy

Severance of a joint tenancy

Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...

What is a certificate of title?

What is a certificate of title?

What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...

Indemnity covenants in property transfers

Indemnity covenants in property transfers

Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...

Resulting trusts

Resulting trusts

Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...

Practice notes

Reversionary leases

Reversionary leasesReversionary leases (or future leases) are granted to take effect in possession at a future date. This Practice Note looks at:•when...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
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30th May
Practice notes

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges Department

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
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30th May
Practice notes

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissionsSection 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) (section 62) is, in essence, a word-saving device....
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30th May
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Practice notes

Land registration—overriding interests, occupiers and interests which have lost overriding status

Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
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30th May
Practice notes

Lease surrenders

Lease surrendersWhat is a lease surrender?A lease surrender is a mutual agreement between the landlord and the tenant to bring the lease to an end...
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2nd Jun
Q&As

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Profits à prendre

Profits à prendreIntroduction — what is a profit à prendre?A profit à prendre is the right to take natural resources from another person’s land....
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30th May
Practice notes

Implied easements—common law

Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
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30th May
Practice notes

Overreaching—sales by trustees of land

Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Pre-completion searches

Pre-completion searchesThis Practice Note sets out the searches that should be carried out prior to completion (pre-completion searches), including...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Cautions against first registration

Cautions against first registrationA caution against first registration (referred to as a ‘caution’ throughout this Practice Note) is a means of...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Land charges under the Land Charges Act 1972—registration and purpose

Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Sub-sales and assignments

Sub-sales and assignmentsA sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell...
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30th May
Precedents

Deed of easement—right to lay and maintain a drain

Deed of easement—right to lay and maintain a drainThis Deed is made on [insert date]PARTIES1[insert name of the owner of the Servient Land] [of...
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2nd Jun
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Revocable rights over common parts had to be made irrevocable on enfranchisement (4-6 Trinity Church Square v The Corporation of Trinity House)

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2nd Jun

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A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?There does not appear to be any evidence that an employee of the chargee cannot witness the chargor’s signature.Practice Note: Property deeds—use and

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some

If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal

If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit

Contributory negligence in personal injury claims

Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a