Category: Real Estate

Equitable leases – Issues Surrounding Registration and Signature Formalities of Leases

November 20th, 2023

My lease isn’t signed correctly – that doesn’t matter does it? In cases where the lease has been ineffectively signed, this could leave parties with what is known as an

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Charities Act 2022; What you need to know

November 1st, 2023

The implementation of the first and second tranches of provisions of the Charities Act 2022 has seen relaxations concerning disposals of charity land. There are other changes but this article

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Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 – time for a change?

September 19th, 2023

In March 2023, the Law Commission of England and Wales announced that it would review a key piece of legislation used by businesses who lease shops, offices, warehouses and other

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ATED Tax

June 27th, 2023

Do you have a residential property worth more than £500,000 which is owned in the name of a company? Are you paying ATED tax? The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)

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Up in the Air – Potential changes to planning position for AirBnBs!

June 6th, 2023

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is currently consulting on the Government’s proposals which would require planning consent for the conversion of homes in England into short-term holiday

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Deeds – Signed, Sealed, Delivered?!

May 18th, 2023

After having considered the potential to sign documents, including Deeds, electronically in our series of Blogs about ‘Electronic signatures in property transactions’, and noting it has been recognised that there

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How Energy Efficient is your Building?

March 10th, 2023

Reducing the energy consumption of buildings (which are responsible for around 31% of carbon emissions in the UK) is a key priority in the race to achieve net-zero emissions by

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Leases for electric vehicle (EV) charging points – legal points to consider

February 15th, 2023

As we move into the EV era, it is impossible to miss the influx of EV charging points appearing in both public and private locations. The government’s aim is to

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Electronic signatures in property transactions – Part 3

January 10th, 2023

What do they mean for Property Transactions? At this time, electronic signatures are relatively new to property conveyancers (although the Covid Pandemic did mean that the use of them ‘gathered

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Electronic signatures in property transactions – Part 2

December 5th, 2022

Friend or Foe for Property Transactions? Having considered the types and requirements of electronic signatures for HM Land Registry purposes, we now look at the ‘positives’ and the ‘negatives’ of

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Electronic Signatures in Property Transactions

November 15th, 2022

Welcome to this short series of blogs on electronic signatures in Property Transactions. Electronic Signatures – Part 1 What are they? In the first blog of the series, we will

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Vacant possession and tenant break rights – is your leasehold break clause worthless?

September 30th, 2022

The recent case of Capitol Park Leeds plc v Global Radio Services Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 995 Capitol Park Radio v Global Radio Judgment (judiciary.uk) has once again raised the

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