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The City of London Law Society (CLLS) Land Law Committee has published a 2026 update to the eighth edition of its Certificate of Title suite of...
This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: more tenant guidance on the Renters’ Rights Act 2925 and cases on the alteration of deeds,...
Construction analysis: On 26 March 2026, the UK government opened a consultation on improving proportionality and building safety outcomes in building...
The Welsh Government has published the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice for Wales, supported by farming and professional bodies, to...
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—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
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
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