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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...
Tax analysis: In Bagshaw Limited v Revenue Scotland, the Tax Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Scottish FTT) allowed the taxpayer’s...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has updated both its Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet 2026 guidance and its...
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...
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
How do you register an easement over unregistered land, is it by way of a caution against first registration?Assuming the easement is a legal easement, it can be registered by way of a caution against first registration (and if the dominant land is registered, by registering the benefit of the
Is a deed of variation of a registered lease a disposition for the purposes of a Land Registry restriction which prohibits dispositions without the consent of a third party?Section 40(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002) provides for entries in the register preventing or regulating the
If a transfer deed (TR1) has been signed by both the transferor and transferee, the transferor dies and then the TR1 is dated after death of the transferor (in error), is it still valid?A deed (such as a TR1) is valid and binding if the essential ingredients of execution as a deed, attestation and
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