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Navigating cross-border property transactions requires a thorough understanding of diverse legal frameworks, financial regulations, and cultural nuances. Our practical guidance equips property practitioners with the essential tools to manage international deals efficiently, ensuring legal compliance and smooth transitions in varied jurisdictions. Discover expert insights, risk mitigation strategies, and case studies tailored to streamline your global property transactions.

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Scottish FTT decides non-residential use, planning status and derelict condition meant Glasgow townhouse and mews properties were non-residential for LBTT purposes (Bagshaw Limited v Revenue Scotland)

Scottish FTT decides non-residential use, planning status and derelict condition meant Glasgow townhouse and mews properties were non-residential for LBTT purposes (Bagshaw Limited v Revenue Scotland)

Tax analysis: In Bagshaw Limited v Revenue Scotland, the Tax Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Scottish FTT) allowed the taxpayer’s...

MHCLG updates Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet guidance to clarify transitional arrangements for pre-1 May 2026 possession notices

MHCLG updates Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet guidance to clarify transitional arrangements for pre-1 May 2026 possession notices

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has updated both its Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet 2026 guidance and its...

HM Land Registry updates Notices 1, 2, 19 and 25, withdraws Notice 20 and updates Practice Guide 25

HM Land Registry updates Notices 1, 2, 19 and 25, withdraws Notice 20 and updates Practice Guide 25

HM Land Registry has updated Notices 1, 2, 19 and 25, withdrawn Notice 20 and updated Practice Guide 25. The changes take effect from 1 June 2026 and...

Collective enfranchisement during the registration gap (Bennets Courtyard Ltd v Bennets Courtyard Airspace Ltd)

Collective enfranchisement during the registration gap (Bennets Courtyard Ltd v Bennets Courtyard Airspace Ltd)

Property Dispute analysis: The High Court confirmed that, for the purposes of collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban...

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Severance of a joint tenancy

Severance of a joint tenancy

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?

What is a certificate of title?

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 transfers

Indemnity covenants in property transfers

Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...

Resulting trusts

Resulting trusts

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...

Practice notes

Reversionary leases

Reversionary leasesReversionary leases (or future leases) are granted to take effect in possession at a future date. This Practice Note looks at:•when...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
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30th May
Practice notes

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges Department

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
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30th May
Practice notes

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions

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....
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30th May
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Practice notes

Land registration—overriding interests, occupiers and interests which have lost overriding status

Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
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30th May
Practice notes

Lease surrenders

Lease surrendersWhat is a lease surrender?A lease surrender is a mutual agreement between the landlord and the tenant to bring the lease to an end...
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2nd Jun
Q&As

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Profits à prendre

Profits à prendreIntroduction — what is a profit à prendre?A profit à prendre is the right to take natural resources from another person’s land....
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30th May
Practice notes

Implied easements—common law

Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
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30th May
Practice notes

Overreaching—sales by trustees of land

Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Pre-completion searches

Pre-completion searchesThis Practice Note sets out the searches that should be carried out prior to completion (pre-completion searches), including...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Cautions against first registration

Cautions against first registrationA caution against first registration (referred to as a ‘caution’ throughout this Practice Note) is a means of...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Land charges under the Land Charges Act 1972—registration and purpose

Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Sub-sales and assignments

Sub-sales and assignmentsA sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell...
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30th May
Precedents

Deed of easement—right to lay and maintain a drain

Deed of easement—right to lay and maintain a drainThis Deed is made on [insert date]PARTIES1[insert name of the owner of the Servient Land] [of...
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2nd Jun
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Revocable rights over common parts had to be made irrevocable on enfranchisement (4-6 Trinity Church Square v The Corporation of Trinity House)

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2nd Jun

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