All Property articles – Page 28
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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
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FeatureMint conditions
The third edition of the Standard Commercial Property Conditions will soon be released. Warren Gordon provides a round-up of some of the key changes from the previous edition
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FeatureWatching brief
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is set to make major changes to regulation in the legal sector this spring. Michael Garson outlines the context for the change agenda and the particular issues around conveyancing
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FeatureLicence to bill
An existing client comes to you with a big idea: to buy a pub. You want to take the work, but should you? Tariq Philips looks at how to make the decision, how to quote for the work, and some of the unusual elements of transactions to purchase licensed premises
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FeatureWho do you know?
David Gilroy explains how effective client relationship management can help you keep and win clients, and how to get it right in practice
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FeatureCheck, please
Sarah Ellison and Eleanor Murray outline the new ‘right to rent’ checks, introduced by the Immigration Act 2014, and explain what landlords, agents and those subletting need to do to comply
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FeatureHome and away
Clients may not realise how complicated it can be to buy or inherit a property abroad. Jo Summers looks at the issues involved and the impact of the new EU regulation on succession
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OpinionChange afoot
Ian White explains how members can help the committee further build the Property Section to meet the evolving needs of property solicitors
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AnalysisYou may well ask
The High Court has awarded damages to a buyer following rescission of a property contract for fraudulent misrepresentations in pre-contractual enquiries. Peter Reekie has the facts
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AnalysisA new easement
Is it possible to have an easement to use things like a tennis court or a golf course and to do so for free? This was the main issue in our case this month, Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd [2015] EWHC 3564 (Ch).
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EventSeminars
The Changing Regulatory Landscape: What you should know The SRA has been making and is proposing to make a number of regulatory changes which particularly affect conveyancers. All will be fully explained including professional indemnity insurance, accountant’s reports, the separate business rule, holding of client money and anticipated changes to ...
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FeatureProperty case law update
Lucie-Anne Rhodes, a Solicitor at Hamlins LLP, provides an update on some recent cases and legislation changes affecting the property sector.
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AnalysisTalking shop
Peter Reekie considers Jewelcraft Ltd v Pressland, in which the Court of Appeal has clarified what is a ‘house’ for the purposes of enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.
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AnalysisProperty Section committee end of year review
We speak to Property Section committee members Myfanwy McDonagh and Philip Askew, and chair of the land law and conveyancing committee Warren Gordon, about their experiences of 2015, and what’s on the horizon for 2016
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AnalysisSpotlight: Marks & Spencer v BNP Paribas [2015] UKSC 72
Nick Levy, real estate litigation partner at Trowers & Hamlins, discusses the last chapter in the long-running Marks & Spencer break clause litigation, in which the Supreme Court has held that tenants cannot recover any rent paid in advance when they exercise a break clause
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AnalysisSpotlight: E.Surv v Goldsmith Williams [2015] EWCA Civ 1147
Kevin O’Brien, director and head of lender services at JCP Solicitors, comments on this recent Court of Appeal decision, likely to be of particular interest to lenders, and to solicitors acting for lenders
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FeaturePlaying it safe
Conveyancing continues to generate a significant number of professional indemnity insurance claims. Mark Carver looks at the reasons why, and the steps firms can take to mitigate their risk exposure
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FeatureNorthern exposure
As part of our series on property law in other jurisdictions, Gilbert Nesbitt outlines the residential conveyancing process in Northern Ireland, including its dual land registration systems, and the regulatory landscape