Sep 15, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
Stating the obvious At the risk of stating the obvious, in order to inherit from someone you need to survive them. You don’t need to survive them for long: the merest instant will be enough (unless the will makes survival for a longer period a condition of...
Jul 23, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
The Office of Tax Simplification There is (believe it or not) something called the Office of Tax Simplification (“the OTS”). It was set up as a temporary body in July 2010 and it was put it on a permanent, statutory footing by the Finance Act 2016. As its name...
Jun 27, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
Duty to register Virtually all private landlords must first register as a landlord with each local authority in whose area they let property. That includes everyone named on the title deeds. Failure to do so is a criminal offence and can result in a fine. Current...
Jun 4, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
A purchase and sale of a flat or house requires a written contract. Such contracts will usually have an extensive array of clauses but many of these are common to virtually all such sales and purchases. So, the solicitor profession has devised a set of “standard...
May 13, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
Most homeowners’ titles to their property contain what are called “real burdens”. A “real burden” is an obligation affecting the property which normally requires something to be done or not to be done. For example, affirmatively, a real burden may require a house to...
Apr 2, 2019 | Bullet Point Update
If you rent out a property as a private landlord it’s your duty to make sure the property meets the “repairing standard”. New legislation came into force on 1st March 2019 making changes in relation to the repairing standard. (The trio of measures in full is: the...
