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The High Court has delivered a definitive ruling clarifying that, while a contract’s label as a “lease” will be ignored if the developer lacks exclusive possession of the land, the modern statutory

The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) dealt with a classic example of what happens when family arrangements and legal paperwork do not match up. For anyone living in a home owned by a relative, or for parents

The High Court’s decision clarifies how the law treats gates, signs, and “grumpy” behaviour on shared land. It moves away from a focus on physical impediments and begins to consider the psychological

The Court of Appeal (CoA) clarified the meaning of “rent” under the Housing Act 1988, where the occupier provides money’s worth, such as work or services, instead of money as rent.Facts:The landlords,

The High Court had to decide whether a WhatsApp message can amount to a signed transfer of property.Facts:Mr. Gudmundsson and Ms. Lin were married in 2009 and purchased a property as joint tenants.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) provided a roadmap for how “ancillary” use is treated by confirming that, as long as a unit is physically self-contained (i.e., having its own basic amenities such as a

The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) rectified a “legal nonsense” by prioritising decades of physical possession over a technical boundary entry that had mistakenly sliced through a permanent

The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has ruled that an application for adverse possession must be cancelled when the claimant is found to be acting only on behalf of a parent, emphasising that possessory

A recent First-instance Tribunal (FTT) case serves as a litmus test in how tribunals balance the “strict” wording of a contract against the “commercial reality” of property development.Facts:The case