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Homes England has published updated versions of the Grant Funding Agreement, Deed of Trust and Duty of Care Agreement used in the Cladding Safety...
UK Finance has updated its mortgage lenders' handbook for conveyancers which will be relaunched on 29 June 2026. The updated handbook features...
The Mayor of London has launched a £400,000 ‘Renters’ Rights Enforcement Fund’ to support London’s 2.7 million renters ahead of the Renters’ Rights...
The House of Lords Built Environment Committee has published a report examining how the government’s new towns programme can deliver sustainable,...
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
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 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
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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