Legal
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Macleish v Littlestone and others
Costs – Assessment – CPR 36 offer – Claim by landlord for breach of tenants’ repairing covenants in lease – Tenants making Part 36 offer to settle claim – Tenants…
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Rights of light and stamp duty
When dealing with the complexities of releasing rights of light, the SDLT consequences can be overlooked
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Contract in haste, repent at leisure
A case of joint and several liability in a contract to purchase investment property
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Solving the surplus
An answer to the problem of managing surplus leasehold liabilities
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The Immigration Act 2016 – what landlords need to know
Private rented sector Andrew Ford offers a reassuring guide for landlords on their responsibilities under the new legislation, and the ways to steer clear of its increased penalties for non-compliance
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Movie company objects to Marylebone development, name-checks stars, makes claim which is “totally without merit”, judge says
Working Title Films, the movie production company behind movies such as The Danish Girl, Grimsby, and The Theory of Everything, has failed in a bid to block a development near…
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APC competency: Questioning the levels
Kate Taylor discusses the pros and cons of searching for past APC questions and provides examples of what may be asked at Level 1
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Lewis (as executrix of the estate of Audrey Blackwell) (deceased)) v Warner
Property – Will – Financial provision – Respondent living in property with deceased for 20 years prior to death – Claimant deceased’s daughter inheriting property under will and applying for…
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A restrictive user covenant in a residential lease was not “unfair” for the purposes of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
If a tenant agrees to use a flat as a private dwelling for himself and his family, and for no other purpose, does that preclude him from subletting the flat…
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CitizenM LND St Paul’s Properties BV v Chil Ltd and others
Sale of land Contract
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CitizenM LND St Paul’s Properties BV v Chil Ltd and others
Sale of land – Contract – Joint venture – Parties entering into joint venture for development of hotel – Limited partnership set up for that purpose and company formed to…