All Feature articles – Page 59
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FeatureAccess all areas?
In the second in his series on what property solicitors need to know about different phases of the development process, Gavin Le Chat looks at potential access issues
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FeatureThe black list
Making unauthorised changes to listed buildings or scheduled monuments can carry significant penalties, Beth Harries explains. How should you advise clients looking to buy a property which might be affected?
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FeatureBuilding blocks
Anna Russell-Knee provides a beginner’s guide to section 106 obligations, including their purpose, what to consider when one appears on a local search, and the potential effects of the pandemic on these obligations
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FeatureTaking charge
Sarah Dwight looks at the history of rentcharges, and the impact of ground rents on the growth of estate rentcharges. Is it time for the law to be amended to give freehold owners the same rights and protections as their leasehold counterparts?
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FeatureGreat demand
What should a leaseholder do if they receive a service charge demand which they think is unreasonable? Mark Loveday and Ibraheem Dulmeer provide a simple guide
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FeatureKey to success
Richard Snape looks at some of the ways restrictive covenants can be challenged and discharged, in order to free up land for development or for a change of use
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FeatureNew lease of life
The new code for leasing business premises was published in February and will be effective from September. Ben Tarrant asks what impact the new code will have on commercial lease drafting
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FeatureOn the money
Alison Matthews outlines the changes made by the Fifth Money Laundering Directive, and what fee-earners and firms need to do now to ensure compliance
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FeatureWhat’s new?
How should you advise clients buying new-build properties? John Wallace provides the construction lawyer’s perspective
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FeatureQuality time
Peter Rodd looks at the plans for the Conveyancing Quality Scheme, the effect of coronavirus, and what scheme member firms should be focusing on now
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FeatureProfessional indemnity insurance – top tips for renewal
Jonathan Angell and Matthew Gooden look at the current state of the PII market.
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FeatureCashflow forecasting: Forewarned is forearmed?
Barry Wilkinson and Andrew Harris talk about cashflow forecasting in their new podcast.
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FeatureNew probate forms: what do I need to do?
As of Monday 18 May, the probate registries will only accept paper probate applications on the new standard application forms. Chris Claxton-Shirley of Tees Law explains what you need to know.
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FeatureReviewing files remotely – a checklist
Jacqui Johnson, a Law Society Lexcel consultant and assessor, looks at efficient ways to undertake file audits out of the office. She has been in private practice for over 15 years as a practice manager.
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FeatureThe new normal: how to prepare your firm for post-lockdown working
Nadia Biles Davies looks at some of the questions law firms need to ask themselves and their people now to prepare for returning to work after lockdown
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FeatureAsset managers
Virtually all of us have digital assets – email and social media accounts, photos in the cloud – but it remains unclear what happens to them once we lose capacity. Angharad Lynn explains how you can advise clients, and the options available for attorneys and deputies
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FeatureBack to basics: European cross-border estates
Álvaro Aznar Azcárate and Nicole Gallop Mildon present a series of questions and answers for English solicitors dealing with estate administrations in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal
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FeatureOver the border
Alberto Perez Cedillo reviews the 2020 Private Client Section Cross border conference, held in March at Chancery Lane
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FeatureHandle with care
Sophie O’Connell looks at the impact of new coronavirus legislation on the care duties of local authorities