All Property articles – Page 3
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Event
Trusts and Property: A Best Practice Guide for Declarations of trust and gifting property (On Demand)
Our panel discussed trust and probate matters, restrictions on title, identifying beneficial ownership and accounting to the correct beneficiaries in a probate or trust sale.
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Opinion
The heat is on
Clare Harman Clark, the Property Section chair, considers the impact on property solicitors of the recent Law Society Practice Note on Climate Change
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Feature
Rental auctions
Warren Gordon outlines the government’s proposals for mandatory high street rental auctions in England
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Feature
Pastures new
Julie and Fred Butler outline the recent changes to agricultural law that impact on practitioners dealing with rural property matters
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Feature
Redefining service charges
Matthew Bonye and Shanna Davison consider the impact of the Building Safety Act on the operation and recovery of service charges in occupied residential buildings
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Feature
The route to net zero
Victoria Duxbury and Alisha Mae-Aplin outline the minimum energy efficiency standards in relation to residential properties
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Feature
Registry’s big plans
HM Land Registry has launched a new specialist support hub for large-scale and complex Land Registry applications. Julie Blunsom explains how it works.
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Feature
The future of leasehold
Katie Cohen considers the possible direction and future of leasehold in an ever-changing and uncertain climate for reform
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In dispute
Jenny Doran considers the impact of a recent Supreme Court case on a service charge dispute over a commercial lease
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Telecoms powers
Jonathan Cope provides an overview of updates to the Telecommunications Code and outlines how these will affect the provision of advice to landowner and operator clients
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Analysis
Don't delay: avoiding a common Legal Ombudsman complaint
Almost a third of complaints made to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) are about residential conveyancing issues, such as delay. LeO’s Jason Chapman outlines a real case and explains how complaints can be avoided – saving considerable time and costs.
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Event
Stamp duty land tax update (On Demand)
Watch this essential update on stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on residential and commercial property transactions. This on-demand recording is inclusive for Property Section members.
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Event
Commercial Property Conference (On Demand)
Catch up on what you missed at our first dedicated Commercial Property Conference.
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Analysis
Words matter – interpreting clauses in a lease
Andrew Francis considers the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Limited v Blacks Outdoor Retail Limited [2023] UKSC 2 (“Sara & Hossein”) on interpreting clauses in a lease concerning service charge payments
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Event
MEES and EPCs update (On Demand)
Watch this webinar for essential, urgent guidance on the proposed changes to EPC ratings for commercial properties in the UK that come into effect on 1 April 2023.
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Opinion
Going green
Clare Harman Clark, the Property Section chair, considers the latest drive for green leases
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Feature
Heightened risk
New obligations around ‘higher-risk’ buildings will come into force this year. Becky Johnson looks at what this will mean when advising clients
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Feature
Energy efficiency
Catherine Banton looks at Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for non-domestic properties, including the key things that landlords need to do with all the changes on the horizon