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Land Registry to close telephone ordering services

21.11.2012

After considering the views of everyone who responded, the overall decision is to change the Land Charges legislation so we can close Land Registry and Land Charges telephone ordering services to b...

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Electronic Document Registration

21.11.2012

Do you submit applications to change the register such as Form AP1?

New legislation to protect residential homeowners from squatters

21.08.2012

New legislation to protect residential homeowners from squatters comes into force from 1 September 2012 under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“the Act”),...

Department: Property Litigation > Property Litigation > Property Litigation > Property Litigation

Make sure your property contracts are properly drafted to protect you - Developer entitled to keep deposit paid under void oral contract and remedy for breach of post-completion condition

16.02.2012

There have been two recent Court of Appeal cases

Recoverability of Costs

16.02.2012

The Court of Appeal has given an important ruling on the recoverability of costs in the case of Motto and others v Trafigura Ltd and another (Rev 3) [2011] EWCA Civ 1150.

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Adverse cost risk for trustees in bankruptcy who assign claims

16.02.2012

The Court of Appeal in Hunt v Harb and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1239 has recently held that where a TIB assigned a cause of action to a third party in return for a share of the proceeds of any futur...

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How to obtain judgment following an admission

16.02.2012

The High Court has clarified that the proper course is for the claimant to make an application under Civil Procedure Rules Part 23, rather than simply lodging a request for judgment as would be sta...

Experts - 2011 developments

16.02.2012

It is important to assess the expert’s suitability and qualifications thoroughly before formally making an appointment and it may be appropriate to appoint the expert as an expert adviser