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Obligation on seller sets boundary

When a plan is attached to a conveyance, it is often marked ‘for identification purposes only’ in order to ensure that the plan is not considered to be the definitive record of the property being conveyed.

Ownership not necessary for APR claim

Failure to register renders property inaccessible

When the owner of a property failed to register a right of access, trouble was in store.

Late registration of title means battle

A recent case dealt with the thankfully rare circumstance of someone buying a property without knowing that the vendor is a bankrupt (Pick v Chief Land Registrar).

Valuation of residential property following a death

HMRC could challenge valuations for inheritance tax purposes and may impose penalties on personal representatives if they conclude an under value is submitted.

Budget Summary 2012 for private clients

A private client summary of the Budget 2012

Property owners new Equality Act obligations

Landlords and property managers need to understand their obligations under the Equality Act 2010.

Failure to establish right prevents enfranchisement claim

The law relating to the enfranchisement of leaseholds (the name for the process by which tenants exercise the right to buy) is complex.

Conduct determines legal ownership of property

When a property is owned by two people as joint tenants (where the title to the property is owned by each of them, so that if one dies, the other inherits the property by survivorship), each of them is considered to be the legal owner of the property.

Pre-contract enquiries for house sales

When a house is bought or sold, the prospective buyer makes what are called 'pre-contract enquiries' in order to establish the exact details of the property being bought.