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The following Property news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Property weekly highlights—20 November 2025
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...
Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variationThis Practice Note looks at the requirements of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (LP(MP)A 1989) for creating a valid contract for the sale, or other disposition, of an interest in land.It provides guidance on
Is it possible to claim adverse possession to land owned by a council, but incorporated in the claimant’s private garden by a retaining wall? The retaining wall was built by the council in the 1980s and there has been no effort made by the council to take their land back.This Q&A is relevant to
Title pending registration—acting on the acquisition of an interest in landThis Practice Note sets out the legal position if a party disposing of an interest in land (the seller) is not registered as the proprietor at HM Land Registry and has either:•made an application to be registered as the
Is there a definition of 'disposition' in the Land Registration Rules 2003? If not, what is the definition that should be applied in relation to these rules?Although each uses it quite freely, neither the rules nor the Act which they amplify (the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002)) contains a
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