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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...
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....
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
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...
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 at who is responsible for the cost of its upkeep particularly where there is no express agreement allocating responsibility for
A person has a right of access over a private road at all times and for all purposes. Does this right allow access to the dominant land at any point along its length including the right to create a new opening into the dominant land?In this scenario, A has a right of way over a private road at all
Easements—nature and characteristicsNature of an easementAn easement is an incorporeal right enjoyed by the owner of a legal estate (dominant tenement) over land in the ownership of another person (servient tenement) that binds successors in title.Easements are usually positive, giving the dominant
Does the principle held in Wheeldon v Burrows apply retrospectively?The rule in Wheeldon v Burrows concerns the creation of easements. The rule lays down the principle that:'…on the grant by the owner of a tenement of part of that tenement as it is then used and enjoyed, there will pass to the
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