All Property articles – Page 29

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    Feature

    Licence to bill

    2016-03-08T15:30:00Z

    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

  • David Gilroy
    Feature

    Who do you know?

    2016-03-08T15:28:00Z

    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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    Feature

    Check, please

    2016-03-08T15:27:00Z

    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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    Feature

    Home and away

    2016-03-08T15:27:00Z

    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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    Opinion

    Change afoot

    2016-03-08T15:26:00Z

    Ian White explains how members can help the committee further build the Property Section to meet the evolving needs of property solicitors

  • Peter Reekie, commentator
    Analysis

    You may well ask

    2016-02-22T12:52:00Z

    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

  • Update

    Property Section e-newsletter January 2016

    2016-01-25T10:27:00Z

    25 January 2016

  • Peter Reekie, commentator
    Analysis

    A new easement

    2016-01-22T15:22:00Z

    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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    Event

    Seminars

    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 ...

  • Lucie-Anne Rhodes
    Feature

    Property case law update

    2016-01-18T16:48:00Z

    Lucie-Anne Rhodes, a Solicitor at Hamlins LLP, provides an update on some recent cases and legislation changes affecting the property sector.

  • Peter Reekie, commentator
    Analysis

    Talking shop

    2015-12-14T09:30:00Z

    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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    Analysis

    Property Section committee end of year review

    2015-12-11T15:06:00Z

    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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    Analysis

    Spotlight: Marks & Spencer v BNP Paribas [2015] UKSC 72

    2015-12-09T09:40:00Z

    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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    Analysis

    Spotlight: E.Surv v Goldsmith Williams [2015] EWCA Civ 1147

    2015-12-08T14:37:00Z

    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

  • Mark Carver from Chancery Pii
    Feature

    Playing it safe

    2015-12-03T12:53:00Z

    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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    Feature

    Northern exposure

    2015-12-03T12:53:00Z

    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

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    Feature

    Give and take

    2015-12-03T12:50:00Z

    Catherine O’Donnell and Justine Compton provide an update on recent legislative changes affecting possession claims by landlords, and the protections afforded to tenants

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    Feature

    To have and to hold

    2015-12-03T12:47:00Z

    The vehicle through which property is held has major implications for its tax treatment, especially following recent changes. Adrian Benosiglio and Gary Heynes provide a beginner’s guide.

  • Richard Hill
    Feature

    Standing guard

    2015-12-03T12:46:00Z

    As part of our focus on fraud, Richard Hill looks at the challenges facing Land Registry, and the protections available to registered proprietors to guard against registration fraud