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MHCLG publishes factsheet on Social Housing Bill amendments covering social housing sales, tenant protections and homelessness duties

MHCLG publishes factsheet on Social Housing Bill amendments covering social housing sales, tenant protections and homelessness duties

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published a factsheet on government amendments tabled to the Social Housing Bill...

Scottish Government publishes accessible homes standard consultation analysis report

Scottish Government publishes accessible homes standard consultation analysis report

The Scottish Government has published an analysis of consultation responses on proposals to improve the accessibility, adaptability and usability of...

Scottish Government consults on community engagement obligations and large land holdings guidance under Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

Scottish Government consults on community engagement obligations and large land holdings guidance under Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

The Scottish Government has opened a consultation on proposed secondary legislation and guidance to implement community engagement obligations under...

DfT consults on EV charging access for tenants and leaseholders

DfT consults on EV charging access for tenants and leaseholders

The Department for Transport (DfT) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have launched a consultation on introducing...

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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
News

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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Probate—assent of interests in land

Probate—assent of interests in landOrdinarily, a transfer of land must be made by deed. However, where:•the estate of a deceased person includes a legal or equitable interest in freehold or leasehold land, and•a third party is entitled to that interest (either as a trustee or as a beneficiary) under

Long leases—mortgage cure rights

Long leases—mortgage cure rightsForfeiture provisions in rack-rented occupational leases are commonly accepted; this is because those leases rarely have capital value. However, long leases (which usually have a minimal ground rent) are considered to be more akin to freeholds and are likely to have a

Is a loan between two private individuals secured on the debtor's property by way of a legal charge

Is a loan between two private individuals secured on the debtor's property by way of a legal charge enforceable?The simple fact that a loan is between two private individuals is no bar to enforcement of that loan or any legal charge over it.Loans are more generally thought about in the context of

A landlord who has a superior landlord is granting residential leases of flats. The lease between the

A landlord who has a superior landlord is granting residential leases of flats. The lease between the landlord and his tenants includes a clause which states 'the Tenant covenants with the Superior Landlord and its successors in title in their own right to observe and perform...' The superior