Residential Property

A couple who engaged a contractor to carry out work on their house have succeeded in their claim against the architect in respect of the cost of putting right defects...

The Government has introduced a new scheme aimed at helping people purchase their own home. The Help to Buy – Mortgage Guarantee scheme, due to be introduced on 1...

National charities have warned that thousands of the most vulnerable members of society will be threatened with homelessness, or having to go without food or heating, after the High Court...

A long leaseholder (a company) has failed in a High Court attempt to block neighbouring property owners’ plans for a substantial basement extension, comprising a swimming pool, play room and...

The term ‘village green’ may conjure up to most people an image of a picturesque piece of open grass. However, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an important test...

In deciding on the meaning of agreements regarding the construction and sale of a residential property, the Court of Appeal has ruled that £35,000 retained from the purchase price should...

Under the law of adverse possession (‘squatter’s rights’), the legal ownership of land may be able to be claimed if it is occupied for a long period of time without...

Householders whose homes suffered storm and flood damage reluctantly found themselves at the epicentre of a High Court case in which they defeated claims that they should be held personally...

A firm of surveyors which carried out valuations that overstated the value of three properties found itself defending an action for negligence recently. The surveyors had issued valuations on...

A homeowner who was fined £960 after he failed to comply with a local authority enforcement notice requiring him to demolish an unauthorised extension to his property has lost an...