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Property analysis: In a judgment handed down on 13th March 2026 in the case of SGL1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd, John de Waal KC and Gemma de Cordova...
Property Analysis: A new statutory register for contractual control agreements is set to be introduced. With the regulations due to take effect in...
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated three practice guides: Practice Guide 25—Leases: when to register, Practice Guide 26—Leases: determination and...
Property Disputes analysis: James Andrews-Tipler of Falcon Chambers appeared for the successful claimant tenant, Park Cakes Limited (bakers and...
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?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
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...
Are easements extinguished by unity of seisin where the servient tenement and part only of the dominant tenement are in common ownership? Will the remainder of the dominant tenement continue to enjoy the easements over the servient tenement?Unity of seisin (in modern terms, unity of ownership) is
Easements and perpetuitiesDrafting — Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 (PAA 2009) effectively disapplies the rule against perpetuities from future easements granted on or after 6 April 2010. This means that the draftsman creating the grant of the
Easements—extinguishingThere are different ways in which an easement may cease to exist and this Practice Note looks primarily at unity of seisin, also known as unity of ownership.For other ways in which an easement may be extinguished, consider:•abandonment—see Practice Note: Easements lost by
The Prescription Act 1832 states ‘...The claimant must show a period of use of 20 years immediately preceding the claim’. A claimant establishes more than 20 years user of a right of access and is then sent letters by the servient owner stating there is no access. More than a year later a claim for
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