Legal
Development specialist boosts Boodle’s property team
Law firm hires new Partner from Kennedys
Take a hike: National Trust in ground rent storm
The National Trust has found itself in the middle of a storm over ground rents, after it was revealed that some of its tenants face eye-watering hikes of "up to 10,000%".
In defence of the leasehold system
Measures to prevent abuse are welcome, but let's not forget the leasehold structure has created and maintained some of our best loved urban landscapes...
Countryside agrees to buy back ‘doubling rent’ freeholds
Investor E&J sells some "doubling rent review clause" freeholds back to developer after negative media coverage
Home is where the heart(ache) is: Practical solutions for separating couples
How do the courts deal with the family home in separation cases, and what are the solutions available to both parties?
Over two-thirds of fall-throughs are preventable – here’s how…
Buying agent Sally Fraser offers some pointers on keeping property transactions in bed...
Ground Rent Scandal: How a collective blindspot came into view
Alan Edwards examines the origins and potential repercussions of what's been described as 'the PPI of the property industry'...
Please Release RE: How to change a restrictive covenant on development land
Have you heard of Section 84?
Average UK conveyancer now completing 120 cases per year
Output has soared by nearly 70% since 2012 as the number of active practitioners continues to fall
High Court overturns RBKC permissions after ‘calculation error’
Judge quashes consent for two amalgamation projects in Notting Hill and Kensington over future housing land supply workings...
Endeavouring to be Clear: Understanding obligation terms in real estate contracts
A legal briefing from Mishcon de Reya
Gascoigne Halman ordered to pay £1.24m in costs to Agents’ Mutual
Interim costs payment to be made with 14 days