Article contributed by James Ballance Maitland Chambers   Looking again at pre-existing relationships, and the need for actual influence    Case name, reference & Bailii link  Azam v Molazam [2023] EWHC 2022 (Ch) ...

Ian Quayle reviews a peculiar case involving a buyer who advised that it was a cash buyer when this was not the case and a solicitor who purported to exchange without possessing a signed contract.   Case name, reference and Bailii link     Shill Properties Ltd v...

Article contributed by Robert Kelly - Stewart Title   According to a recent YouGov poll, 63% of house buyers would consider suing former owners if they discovered Japanese Knotweed in their garden after moving in. Although sellers of properties are asked in the TA6...

Article contributed by Zoe Upson, Property Legal Trainer   The ongoing debate about what are and are not protocol enquiries is ever raging yet there is no firm guidance for conveyancers on this point. Some firms will raise enquiries about everything still, in...

Article contributed by Ian Quayle, IQ Legal Training   Ian Quayle reviews another misrepresentation case presented before the courts which follows on from Downing v Henderson. The recent unreported case of Rosser v Pacifico Ltd [2023] in the London Central County...

Article contributed by Ian Quayle   The Law Society of England and Wales have produced the long-awaited Climate Change Guidance on the 19.4.23 with a promise to produce sector-specific guidance later.     Whilst the guidance is useful from the perspective of providing...

Article contributed by Ian Quayle, Managing Editor   Given the ongoing problems concerning building safety compounded by the Building Safety Act 2022 the fact that 49 of the UK house builders have made a pledge with the Government to:    Take responsibility for...

Article contributed by John de Waal KC, Gatehouse Chambers   Conveyancing errors account for at least 60% of claims made to solicitors’ professional indemnity insurers and continue to provide a steady stream of work for the Bar. These are some of the errors we...

Article contributed by Katie Gray, Tanfield Chambers Power & Kyson v Shah [2023] EWCA Civ 239 Bailii Link: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2023/239.html   Disputes under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (“the Act”) rarely trouble the Court of Appeal, so...