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Property legal services articles

11-11-11
House Sales | Replying to Enquiries
When a house is bought or sold, the prospective buyer makes what are called 'pre-contract enquiries' in order to establish the exact...

12-10-11
Landlord's last-minute payment into tenancy deposit scheme avoided penalty
A landlord who only paid his tenant's deposit into an approved tenancy deposit scheme just before the court heard the landlord's...

11-10-11
House buyer fails in misrepresentation claim against seller
The Court of Appeal has said a clause in a house contract saying the buyer could not rely on pre-contract statements by the seller that...

09-10-11
Tribunal prevents developer from developing site in breach of covenants
Developers building in breach of covenants cannot assume the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber will modify or remove the covenants if the...

05-07-11
When is a barn not a barn?
When the council discovers it is a house! The Hertfordshire man who disguised his house as a barn and then claimed that the local council...

27-06-11
Sale falls through when error not rectified
Mistakes do happen and, when they do, rectifying them can prove more difficult than one might think. In a recent case, a buyer and...

01-06-11
Property update: Homes and businesses targeted in energy efficiency push
Energy efficiency in homes and businesses is to be targeted more closely under plans outlined in the Government's forthcoming Energy Bill....

28-03-11
Landlords win deposit case
Provisions introduced on 6 April 2007 under the Housing Act 2004 made it a requirement that landlords protect their tenants' deposits using...

27-03-11
How long do covenants last? Convenants for short-term protection
One difficulty with the law is that it is not always easy to predict the outcome of a case. The court's decision will depend on the...

26-03-11
House builder not liable for £35,000 defects
When the terms of a house building contract exclude any liability for losses incurred by the client on account of defective works, the...

27-01-11
Can a landlord end a tenancy when terms do not allow?
The Court of Appeal recently had to deal with a case which turned on a simple point – if the agreement for a tenancy purports to preclude...

26-01-11
Assured tenancy changes | Information for landlords
On 1 October 2010, the threshold rent for the 'assured tenancy' regulations to apply to a property rose to £100,000 per year. The change...


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