by bawilliams | Dec 12, 2024 | Property Law
The Court of Appeal (CoA) had to assess the limit of Section 75 of the Land Registration Act (LRA) 1925 and general boundaries rules in adverse possession. Background: The case concerned boundary lines between a number of adjoining properties in Leicestershire....
by bawilliams | Dec 5, 2024 | Property Law
The Supreme Court was faced with a very peculiar case in which one of the parties tried to enforce a foreign judgement on a property situated in the UK. The question was, therefore, whether the lex situs principle, namely that the rights to and interests in land and...
by bawilliams | Nov 28, 2024 | Property Law
The Court of Appeal (CoA) was faced with an unusually long-running family dispute and the question as to whether one of the party's claims for adverse possession was an abuse of process. Background: This is a long-running family dispute over the ownership of...
by bawilliams | Nov 21, 2024 | Property Law
The Upper Tribunal (UT) heard an appeal against a First-tier Tribunal (FTT) decision regarding fair rent determination under the provisions of Section 70 of the Rent Act 1977. Background: The property in question is a small one-bedroom flat situated on the fourth...
by bawilliams | Nov 14, 2024 | Property Law
The Upper Tribunal (UT) was faced with the question of whether a tenant under a long equitable lease could be regarded as a qualifying tenant for the purpose of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2022 (CALRA 2022) provisions on the right-to-manage (RTM)....
by bawilliams | Nov 11, 2024 | Property Law
The Economic Crime (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 Registration of Overseas Entities – (OE) Published 29 August 2022 The Economic Crime (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas entities that own or acquire property in the UK to...
