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This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: a decision refusing to modify a restrictive covenant, a decision on the effect of a...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have published the government’s...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has updated its Tenant Fees Act 2019 guidance for England, adding guidance on...
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has updated its frequently asked questions on the Building Safety Act 2022. The FAQs cover...
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...
Is it possible for a landowner to grant a lease of an easement for a term of years with payments of periodic rent? If so, do you have a precedent for this?Generally, rights over land can be granted in various ways, being, commonly, by way of lease, licence, or easement. A lease gives a demise of a
In a transfer of land if the rights reserved are stated to be ‘reserved for the benefit of the transferor and their successors in title the owners and occupiers of the retained land or any part thereof and all persons authorised by them’, does this create a valid reservation of rights for the
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—obligations to repair and maintainThis Practice Note looks at where the responsibility lies for repairing and maintaining land which is subject to easements and who is responsible for the cost of its upkeep particularly where there is no express agreement allocating responsibility for
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