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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 18 Jan 2021
Those issues can include: The ongoing parenting arrangements for any children Child maintenance payments The division of Finances (for example any…
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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 14 Jan 2021
If you are not the registered legal owner of the property, the starting position is that you won’t have a share in the equity. However, it may be…
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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 14 Jan 2021
It is not an unusual situation for the total units in a scheme to change over time. Caretaker flats, for example, can be developed and the resulting…
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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Jan 2021
On 7 January 2021, the Housing Secretary announced plans for new legislation to make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their homes and to…
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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Jan 2021
The enforcement ban on possession orders will now remain in place until 22 February 2021. However, the impact of the ban being lifted is not likely…
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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 8 Jan 2021
On the other, a benefiting landowner is trying to protect themselves and enjoy their own land ownership, unimpeded by what their neighbour might want…
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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 8 Jan 2021
The witness must be physically present when the deed is signed. Only then and once completed can it be registered with HM Land Registry (HMLR).
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Birketts LLP | United Kingdom | 4 Jan 2021
Some local planning authorities are already insisting on biodiversity net gain for major schemes and this provides an opportunity for landowners…
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Birketts LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 4 Jan 2021
It used to be the case that a landowner could provide permissive footpath access over their land within Countryside Stewardship schemes run by Defra…
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Birketts LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 4 Jan 2021
The Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM Scheme) is the Government’s new flagship scheme which is intended to, in time, replace the Basic…