Estate Agency – The Genuine Article

We have an excellent Estate Agency Department in our firm, who from the very point of you deciding to sell,to your moving out date will guide you through the whole selling process. It is run by Bridie Gillan with the help of Sharon Lloyd, both of whom are extremely...

Pitter Patter

In 2018 it was a delight for the firm to welcome 6 babies, ALL BOYS, born to some of our partners and staff members. We now have a five-a-side football team in the making and have had hours of fun meeting these little ones, amidst much oohing and aahing. But my advice...

Dementia – More Help Is Now Available

Dementia is relevant to Mitchells Roberton for a number of reasons. Our firm does a lot of work with adults with incapacity. Most of us are all living longer and more and more of us are going to have at some point to deal with someone in our family who has dementia....

Recovering Possession when Private Tenants Abandon a Property

How does a landlord recover possession of a property which has been abandoned by a private tenant? The options available depend on the type of tenancy in place. Assured or short assured tenancies Most private residential tenancies beginning before 1 December 2017 are...

Changes to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT)

With effect from the 25 January 2019 certain changes in the rates and thresholds of LBTT took place. These apply to: Transactions where Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) is payable Non residential property transactions where a lump sum changes hands ( e.g. a...

Just a lawyer? No a Secret Agent too

It is probably not known to many people, but I am a secret agent. Certainly Miss Money Penny appreciated James Bond 007, but as a lawyer being a secret agent is much less glamorous. I say secret, because the public do not always appreciate that the relationship is one...