The recent judgement in Zeng v Tan [2026] serves as a cautionary tale for parents who purchase property in their children’s names without formal legal documentation. When a parent funds a house but
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Distributing home equity after cohabitation is no simple division
The breakdown of a long-term cohabitation is a deeply stressful period, one made even more complex when a family home is jointly owned. A common question that arises years after a split is how the
A new legal test for selling multi-block estates
The process of navigating "right of first refusal" just became significantly clearer for leaseholders and landlords. A landmark Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling has now redefined precisely what
The 21-year rescue: How modern law saved a “flawed” land deal
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




