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This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: analysis of the forthcoming statutory regime for contractual control agreements, further...
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published its response to the July 2025 consultation on changes to land rights and...
Property analysis: In a judgment handed down on 13th March 2026 in the case of SGL1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd, John de Waal KC and Gemma de Cordova...
Property Analysis: A new statutory register for contractual control agreements is set to be introduced. With the regulations due to take effect in...
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...
Land registration—classes of titleThis Practice Note covers the different classes of title which HM Land Registry can award, the circumstances in which each of the four titles (absolute, qualified, possessory or good leasehold) is awarded, the effect of registration with a particular class of title
Property—enquiries before contractThis Practice Note looks at the role of enquiries in the due diligence process and what to do when faced with preliminary enquiries in commercial property transactions. What are enquiries before contract?Enquiries before contract (also called pre-contract enquiries
Residential property—enquiries before contractThis Practice Note contains links to the standard residential pre-contract enquiries.For general guidance on raising and responding to enquiries before contract, see Practice Note: Property—enquiries before contract.For guidance on enquiries before
A title document contains a statement that the owner shall ‘bear their share of the cost of a formal apportionment of the tithe rent charge affecting the land and the adjoining land of the Vendors’. Is this provision enforceable against the owner of the property?The custom of paying tithes for the
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