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This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: Law Commission Annual Report 2025–2026, an update to the Renters’ Rights Act information...
HMRC has published a new guidance manual on the requirements and conditions for mandatory tax advisor registration....
The Law Commission has published its Annual Report 2025–26 (and accompanying Business Plan 2026–27), highlighting progress across a number of...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that the Social Housing Bill has returned to Parliament for its second...
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...
What are the key differences between the definitions of ‘group company’ in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) and in the Companies Act 2006? Would the definition of group company in LTA 1954 catch a company held by the same ultimate holding company but not the same immediate parent
Reversionary leasesReversionary leases (or future leases) are granted to take effect in possession at a future date. This Practice Note looks at:•when a reversionary lease is used (including to avoid surrender and regrant)•statutory rules relating to the grant of reversionary leases (including in
Implied tenancies at will—holding over after expiry of a contracted-out lease or occupation before completion of a new lease [Archived]ARCHIVEDWhere a tenant holds over after the expiry of an existing tenancy that does not benefit from security of tenure, it is an open question whether the
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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