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The grass isn’t always greener…
“Wilson Browne Solicitors impressed me as a true investor in people… They understand the importance of a positive, customer-focused organisational culture. This is not just evidenced by what I have observed, but from what employees have told me when they have joined from other legal firms. If you are looking to change, this firm is well worth considering to be part of.”
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Standstill Agreements – update
The Court of Appeal has now considered again the high-profile case of Cowan v Foreman which was decided by Mostyn J in March of this year. At the hearing of the case originally the Judge took a hard line against the use by solicitors of “standstill agreements” in Will disputes – agreements between lawyers that allowed the parties to agree to delay the issue of proceedings.
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Land Registry Clarifies Procedure for Merging a Leasehold Title into the Reversion
Land Registry Clarifies Procedure for Merging a Leasehold Title into the Reversion
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Government launches Green Finance Strategy
On 2 July 2019, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published the government’s Green Finance Strategy, partly in response to the Green Finance Taskforce’s March 2018 report
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Government seeks views on Tenancy Deposits
Further to our article yesterday the Government has launched a consultation on tenancy deposits focusing on the existing deposit redress schemes and the difficulties tenants may face in seeking to pay a deposit before the return of a deposit on a previous property.
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National Audit Office report published on Defra’s approach to new Farming programme
On 5 June 2019, the National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report providing an early review on….
….Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affair’s (Defra) approach to develop the new Future Farming and Countryside Programme (the Programme), as the UK prepares to leave the EU. The report examines the current Programme to date, the objectives that it intends to meet and the timeframe which has been set out on delivering these objectives. The report will also look at aspects of the Programme, flagging any issues and risks that need to be considered in order for a successful delivery.
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Installation of entrance gates across cul de sac would undermine social cohesiveness of the community (Planning Inspectorate)
Planning permission was refused for the installation of entrance gates across a cul de sac. The main issue of the appeal was the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, social interaction, community safety, crime and the fear of crime.
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Beneficial Ownership: Joint Committee Report On Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill
On 20 May 2019, the House of Commons and House of Lords Joint Committee on the draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill published a report following its pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Bill, which would establish a public register of beneficial owners of overseas entities that own or purchase land in the UK.
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25 Year Environment Plan: Government Publishes First Progress Report
On 16 May 2019, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published its first progress report on its 25 year environment plan. The 25 Year Environment Plan is the government’s “roadmap for action, centred on the pledge that ours will be the first generation to pass the natural world on in a better state to our children”
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You shall not pass!
My neighbour says I don’t have the right to use their driveway to access my property! What can I do?
