A and B made an oral agreement to transfer land from A to B, B agreeing to fund and erect a fence on the new boundary, however the land was never legally transferred to...
A and B own real property as beneficial tenants in common in equal shares. B wishes to execute a declaration of trust over B's 50% beneficial interest in favour of B and...
A and B owned a property as beneficial tenants in common and A has died. Does B need to appoint a second trustee of the legal title of the property to overreach the...
A buyer completes the purchase of a new build property from a developer. The buyer does not carry out any survey prior to exchange. Following completion the buyer...
A buyer is purchasing a leasehold flat, which is the ground floor of a building which also contains an upper flat. Each flat has a freehold title which is jointly owned...
A buyer is purchasing a registered property from the last surviving joint tenant's personal representatives. There is a JP restriction on the title so the property was...
A buyer is purchasing part of the title to a property under a possession order from a company. The title to the property has not been transferred into the company’s name....
A buyer wishes to purchase a property with the assistance of mortgage funding. It has been proposed that a declaration of trust is entered into which will provide that...
A buyer, after exchange, has granted a tenancy and is receiving rental income, but completion has been delayed and is yet to take place. What options are open to the...
A buyer’s local authority search result has been substantially delayed. Both parties are happy to have a contract which is conditional upon the result being received and...
The following Property Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can...
A client has a right of way over an adjoining piece of unregistered land and has registered a caution against first registration in respect of that land. Can the caution...
A client is letting a property to a tenant who is the Secretary of State for a UK government department. What is the correct form of execution of a deed by the Secretary...
A client is purchasing a property where a second trustee has to be appointed as one of the original owners has died. The seller’s solicitor is insisting upon an...
A client is selling a property and an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) has been provided to the buyer, however, the EPC will expire before the sale is completed. Does...
A client purchased a flat in a converted house in 2002 (one flat upstairs, one downstairs). However, no formal lease was granted, and the freeholder cannot be found. The...
A client purchased a small parcel of land in 1985 (this parcel remains unregistered). The only proof that the client has of this transaction is a letter from the vendor...
A client wishes to claim ownership of adjacent land by adverse possession. The client is elderly and has granted a power of attorney to his son. Can the son make and...
A club (probably an unincorporated association) owns a parcel of land. The land is owned legally by two trustees (who are also members of the club) and beneficially by...
A commercial lease has been forfeited for non-payment of rent and the landlord wishes to grant a new lease to a new tenant. The Land Registry (LR) is insisting on serving...
A commercial lease is registered in the name of four partners of a business. A reversionary lease of the same premises has been granted to four different individuals—the...
A company (X) takes an assignment of a commercial lease from the outgoing tenant (Y). The contract provides that Y will give vacant possession. Y has not provided a key...
A contract for sale of property (incorporating commercial property third edition conditions) provides that the buyer is permitted access between exchange and completion...
The following Property Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on A conveyance references tithes. Have tithes been abolished or are they still...
A conveyance registered on the title to a property requires that any transferee gives a covenant in favour of 'the British Coal Corporation'. Is the Coal Authority the...
A council is buying back land by agreement in relation to a possible compulsory purchase order. A seller is being paid the market value of their property as well as...
