Property
First Time Buyer Guide
For first-time buyers, it is the start of a major change in circumstances as they move from their parent’s home or buy a property together for the first time. Buying a property is a stressful
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Property
Conveyancing Jargon Buster
Navigating the legal jargon of a UK property purchase or sale can often be confusing, especially when it comes to conveyancing terminology. Whether you’re buying your first home, selling a property, or dealing with complex
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Family Law
Key takeaways for Private Wealth Clients – 2024 Autumn Budget
The most anxiously anticipated budget in some years. Here is our summary of the main points from the autumn budget for our clients and considerations for next steps. The Capital Gain Tax news we have
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Family Law
I have separated from my partner. Can I change the locks on our property?
Where a property is jointly owned, the simple answer is no. The legal position is that both parties’ have an equal right to access and to occupy the property. Even if only one party is
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Property Litigation
Interim Possession Orders
Recently we have seen the high-profile issue of squatters occupying celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey’s empty premises in central London. Interim Possession Orders (IPO) can be a helpful tool for property owners facing unauthorised occupation or
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Property
Can I extend my lease if my freeholder cannot be found?
For example, the freeholder might have moved abroad and lost interest in management or a deceased freeholder may have made no arrangements for a successor, leaving the building to fall into disrepair. This raises immediate
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Property
The Renters Reform Bill 2023 and the demise of the Section 21 Notice
The proposed abolition of section 21 evictions will introduce a simpler and more secure tenancy for a tenant. As “no fault evictions” will no longer exist, a landlord would have to have a valid ground
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Landlord & Tenant
Changes to the EPC rules – what do non-domestic Landlords need to know ahead of 1 April 2023?
Under current Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (‘MEES Regulations’) a Landlord cannot lawfully grant a lease of a non-domestic property where the property does not have a valid EPC with a rating of F or G.
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Landlord & Tenant
Doubling Ground Rents – Will the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill help me?
The topic of Leasehold Reform has been hot in the press and media for quite some time now, whether it is to do with extortionate doubling ground rents, developer’s charging large sums of money for
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My commercial tenant owes me rent, what can I do?
The recent spate of headline grabbing articles would have us all believe that if a commercial tenant is in arrears of rent there is nothing you can do until 22 March 2022. This is wrong.
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