Russell Hewitson
Russell Hewitson is an associate professor at Northumbria Law School and a fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Property Law. He is the Law Society Council member for commercial property and the academic member of the Law Society’s Conveyancing and Land Law Committee. Russell is a consultant editor of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Handbook and has written a number of other books
FeatureA changing landscape
Building safety, leasehold reform, rights of light, service charges, adverse possession, digital property transactions – the courts have recently delivered decisions across the full spectrum of property law. Russell Hewitson considers some of the most significant
FeatureSupport system
Russell Hewitson, chair of the Conveyancing and Land Law Committee, provides an update on the committee’s work representing and supporting the profession, including around leasehold, fraud and the electronic execution of documents
FeatureCommittee to memory
Russell Hewitson, chair of the Conveyancing and Land Law Committee since September, outlines the work of the committee and its upcoming priorities
FeatureRain check
The long-awaited Flood Re scheme is now planned to come into force next month. Russell Hewitson outlines how the scheme will work, what properties are eligible, and how to advise clients living in flood-risk areas