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FIRST TIME BUYERS – HELP TO BUY: ISA
Posted on: 26/01/2016
Changes to house buying costs – stamp duty increases from April 2016
Posted on: 18/01/2016
Autumn 2015 saw George Osborne make further changes to stamp duty land tax (SDLT), which is payable on the purchase of property in England and Wales.
Court warns against leaving things to the last minute
Posted on: 05/01/2016
Parties were warned of the risk of leaving things until the last minute when the court dismissed an appeal against an order refusing extension of time for service of the…
WARNING: No apportionment of rent
Posted on: 23/12/2015
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this month in Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Trust Company (Jersey) Limited and another that there was no implied term that the…
Affordable Housing: Event for Estate Agents
Posted on: 15/12/2015
Late last month Charles French & Co, in conjunction with the Council, gave a presentation on the resale of affordable homes.
Buyers Beware – are you insuring from exchange of contracts?
Posted on: 10/12/2015
If a house a purchased with the aid of a mortgage, the buyer’s conveyancer will act for both the buyer and the lender. The conveyancer will use the Council of…
The new Consumer Rights Legislation: don’t get left on the shelf!
Posted on: 19/11/2015
In what is thought to embody the most significant overhaul of consumer law for decades, the Consumer Rights Act (CRA) was brought into force on 1 October 2015.
Legal Update: Working Alarms Save Lives
Posted on: 26/10/2015
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 came into force on 1 October 2015.