Have you ever heard people saying “if you have looked after someone else’s land for long enough you acquire squatter’s rights” and then wondered what they meant by this? This is in fact a legal principle known as adverse possession. If adverse possession can be established, then a person who possesses someone else’s land for […]
We are looking for an experienced conveyancers with at least 7 years experience of dealing with all types of conveyancing matters to join our busy and well respected conveyancing team. We are offering a competitive salary with chance to earn bonus on top . The positions are based at our Batley and Brighouse offices. If […]
Very recently Martin Oliver a Partner at our firm has just finished representing a builder who sued Frank Warren, Tyson Fury’s boxing promoter , for breach of contract . The case went all the way to a 3 day trial at the property and construction court in central London and our client was successful in […]
We are pleased to announce 3 new arrivals at the firm to grow our ever expanding Residential Conveyancing Department. Giovanna Gravante joins us as an Associate at the firm having held a senior role in a large Conveyancing Firm for many years and we have also added experience in the form of Tricia Langton who […]
The ban on ground rents is now due to come into effect on 30.06.2022 The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2002 will restrict ground rents on most new long residential leases in England and Wales to the value of zero, or as otherwise known, a token “peppercorn” rent per year. Although the new law effectively […]
Unfortunately at the moment it looks like 2022 is going to be a tough year financially in the UK and we are only in February! It may therefore be the case that the time is right for you to re-mortgage your property to try and fix your mortgage payments on a long term fixed rate […]
We have a few changes at the firm in the next couple of weeks in that Kerry Cudworth one of our residential conveyancers is unfortunately leaving us for a firm a bit closer to home and this has given an opportunity to another one of our residential conveyancers, Aneeka Javaid to move to our Leeds […]
Previously sellers of properties that had knotweed present on their land or sometimes on their neighbours land were trapped in their property unable to sell it. Its presence can wipe upto 15 percent off the value of a property. New advice coming into force this March means surveyors for mortgage lenders don’t have to flag […]
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