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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—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
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 septic tank serves property X. The neighbouring property Y also drains into the septic tank and has done for years, although there is no written agreement governing this. The owner of property X accepts that property Y has a prescriptive right to use the septic tank. The owner of Y has never paid
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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