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Upcoming events and webinars

Webinar series: Anti-money laundering guidance (January–March 2021)

Webinar: Stamp duty land tax on residential property transactions update 2020 (OnDemand)

Webinar: Stamp duty land tax on commercial property transactions update 2020 (OnDemand)

Webinar: Residential property law update 2020 (OnDemand)

Webinar: updates to the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (OnDemand)

Webinar series: Anti-money laundering guidance (January–March 2021)
Webinar: Stamp duty land tax on residential property transactions update 2020 (OnDemand)
Webinar: Stamp duty land tax on commercial property transactions update 2020 (OnDemand)
Webinar: Residential property law update 2020 (OnDemand)
Webinar: updates to the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (OnDemand)

Commentary

Service after death: solving a dilemma for property notices

2021-01-07T09:20:00+00:00By Edward Francis

Edward Francis looks at the Court of Appeal decision in Gateway Housing Association v Ali (deceased), which has brought welcome common sense to a common conundrum around serving property notices after the death of a landlord or tenant

A new lease of life: residential leasehold and commonhold reform
2020-11-17T12:31:00+00:00By Professor Nick Hopkins, Oliver Hutchings, Penny Tridimas
Managing client expectations around the stamp duty holiday deadline
2020-11-16T11:31:00+00:00By Peter Rodd, Sarah Dwight
Friends with benefits? Identifying beneficial owners in complex structures
2020-11-10T16:48:00+00:00By Kate Andrews

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Exclusive preview from our magazine

Racial diversity

2020-12-08T00:00:00+00:00By Francine Blanc

Francine Blanc looks at the problem of racism and a lack of diversity in the legal sector, including property law, and offers some ideas for what firms can do to improve racial diversity

Ups and downs

2020-09-02T00:00:00+01:00By Sarah Dwight

Sarah Dwight provides a personal perspective on how lockdown has affected high street conveyancing firms, their clients, and the wider conveyancing market

Building blocks
2020-06-09T00:00:00+01:00By Anna Russell-Knee
On the right foot
2020-03-10T00:00:00+00:00By Gavin Le Chat
Down to earth
2019-12-10T00:00:00+00:00By Caroline May, Courtney Hassall

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Practice Management Collection

We've gathered our top articles from Property in Practice on management in property practice. With articles on everything from recruitment and retention, to managing stakeholder expectations, our collection will help you ensure your firm or practice area runs efficiently and effectively for your people and clients

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