Residential Property

‘Buyer beware’ is a legal concept with which purchasers of goods and property have had to contend for centuries. It applies to most transactions where specific protection for purchasers is...

Local authorities are obliged to offer suitable accommodation to homeless people, taking into account their particular circumstances and vulnerabilities. In one case, however, the Court of Appeal ruled that a...

Boundary disputes are by no means uncommon, especially in rural areas, where the apparent boundaries can move over time and of which maps, which are never exactly precise, tend to...

The national drive for more sources of renewable energy was very much in evidence as a High Court decision condemned residents of a rural area to live with views of...

Arguments over rights of access to land are very common, and a recent case shows the importance of the wording under which a right is granted. It involved a piece...

If joint tenants of social housing fall out to the point where they can no longer live together, deciding which of them has to leave the property can be an...

The dangers of being unprepared for the possible consequences of something as seemingly innocuous as a garden bonfire were brought home by a case which ended up in the Court...

City dwellers who are disturbed by ‘party venues’ sprouting up around them can take comfort from a guideline High Court decision which reinforced the powers of local authorities to quell...

Failing to meet the timetable imposed on court proceedings is very unwise, as a property owner has found out to his considerable cost. He was involved in a long-running...

With the benefit of expert advice, a flat dweller who stood her ground and refused to move out of her leasehold property to make way for redevelopment of the property...