Property

  • Vedalease v Cascabel Investments Ltd

    Partner Andrew Brookes successfully acted for the respondent in the recent mortgage recovery case of Vedalease Ltd v Cascabel Investments Ltd...

  • Business Lease Renewals

    Debra Mo, Partner Major changes have been occurring to the landscape of business tenancy work. Since 15 October 2001, the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR) invaded the field with the coming into force of Part 56 and Practice Directions (PD). Part 56...
  • An Overview of the Land Registry

    Rebecca Jones and Nicholas Loannou, Solicitors Getting to grips with the Land Registry and understanding its procedure is a very important part of family law. In order to get the most from the Land Registry and the new rules that have come into force...
  • HIPS Dilution Leaves it Fatally Flawed

    David Marshall, Partner We all know that buying and selling a home can be a fraught experience, one that leaves many vowing never to do it again. Of course, however, in time most come back to the market and last year alone there were over 1.2m...
  • Home Share Breakdown

    Debra Mo, Partner   Cohabitees (couples who live together who are not married) are a reflection of the diverse family trends that have evolved over the last few decades. Divorce rates have increased, with a corresponding decrease in the number of...
  • Building Disputes

    Mike Hansom, Solicitor The disruption of building work in your home is stressful and upsetting even for relatively small projects. Ordinarily people are glad to see the back of builders, but when the work is left half finished because of a dispute,...
  • The Landbanking Craze - Be Very Wary

    Stephen Whitaker, Head of Property Department
    Recently, the Conveyancing Department at Streatham has had a couple of approaches for advice on “Landbanking” – buying land without planning permission attached. The advertising blurb and the...

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