Property Law Library
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A Look Back at 2024 and Making Plans for 2025
The Clarke Edwards Partnership is a specialist legal recruitment company actively working with legal candidates and clients across the UK. After a busy and successful 2024, we are pleased to report that over 50% of our placements this year have been within the...
To What Extent Can a Prescriptive Easement Claim Be Scuppered by Signage and/or a “Cease and Desist” Letter?
The essential purpose of this article is to take a brief look at three recent 2024 cases which impact upon prescriptive easements, two of the cases involving signage and one involving a “cease and desist” letter. Background legal principles “User as of right” is...
An overview of Notices at detailed in HMLR Practice Guide 19
Maria Hardy of Property Conveyancing Consultancy (PCC) and PCC Education Hub will provide an overview of ‘notices’ as detailed in HM Land Registry practice guide 19 and review any changes that took place to this guide during 2024. Notices A notice is an entry...
Security of Tenure under review by the Law Commission: The impact on Business Tenancies
Jamie Boswell discusses the Law Commission's review of the 'contracting out' model of security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, exploring potential reforms to how business tenancies are renewed or terminated. The Law Commission have started a...
Recent Case Highlights Upper Tribunal’s Approach to Interpreting the BSA
In this article, Ian Quayle explores a recent Upper Tribunal decision on the Building Safety Act (BSA), focusing on leaseholders’ protection from cladding remediation costs. The judgment clarifies the broad interpretation of "cladding system" and the significance of...
An Exploration of the Law Relating to Adverse Possession and Boundary Issues
Ian Quayle analyses the Court of Appeal case Clapham & Ors v Narga [2024] EWCA Civ 1388, which addresses boundary disputes and adverse possession. He explores how general boundary principles and first registration under the Land Registration Acts intersect,...
The Battle Over Fairness in Service Charges
In his article, Ian Quayle once again explores the thorny issue of what a landlord can recover from service charges and emphasizes the importance of the lease expressly providing for what can be recovered. Case name, reference and Bailii link Accent Housing Ltd v...
Hints and Tips for Searching and Securing a New Position
Claire Louise Clarke and Lisa Edwards share concise tips for job seekers. They discuss effective job-hunting strategies - including online searches, using recruitment consultants, and direct applications - while highlighting the common pitfalls to avoid. At The...
Unlocking the Licensed Conveyancer Profession with CLC Exemptions
Dino Dullabh explains how prior qualifications or experience can be used to obtain CLC exemptions, shortening the path to becoming a Licensed Conveyancer. The path to becoming a Licensed Conveyancer is a structured route to authorised person status as Licensed...
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