The Land Registry promotes facial recognition tools to check property owners identities, advises Jennie Curtis Identity fraud is a huge concern for the Land Registry, with property fraud costing it around £73.3m between 2005 and 2019. Add to that the impact on the victims of the fraud, any lenders, their… Continue reading →
The Government has introduced several new permitted development rights to allow upwards extensions to various existing properties including houses and commercial properties. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2020 will come into effect on 31 August 2020 and is the second phase of the… Continue reading →
The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 (“the Regulations”) have now been published and seem to be causing a storm in the letting industry. The regulations apply to all private rented sector properties (including HMOs) in England.
The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the case of Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield [2020] EWCA Civ confirming that a landlord’s failure to provide a tenant under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) with a copy of the current Gas Safety Certificate (GSC) before it takes up… Continue reading →
A change in capital gains tax legislation relating to the sale of UK residential property by a UK resident (individual or trustee) takes effect as from 6 April 2020. This change was announced by the Government in the recent budget and had in mind the impact of COVID-19. It… Continue reading →
Short Read: Change in law from 1 April 2020: If you are letting a property and the tenancy started before 1st April 2018 and will run until at least 1st April 2020, you will have until 1st April 2020 to improve the property or register an exemption. There is no… Continue reading →
Paul Murray acted on behalf of Montreaux Charlton Developments Limited in connection with their exchange of unconditional contracts for the purchase of the Stone Foundries site in Charlton from Langham Land Limited. The site was previously and is currently being used for the production of high integrity aluminium and magnesium… Continue reading →
