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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...
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
My clients have a right of way to 'pass and repass over and along the passageway on foot with or without handcarts and barrows', contained in their conveyance. This means that they can pass over their neighbours property. The neighbour is complaining that to pass and repass does not mean that they
Easements lost by abandonmentIn order to show that an easement has been abandoned, the servient owner must show that the dominant owner had a clear and fixed intention never to:•exercise the right again on their own behalf, or•attempt to pass the right to anyone else Abandonment where the original
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