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Registered titles can be altered to restore title to the victims of fraudulent transfers.

This is an interesting case relating to a covenant over adjoining land entered into on a sale of the adjoining land. The covenant required the adjoining owner (i.e. the purchaser) to obtain the consent of the vendor or any assigns for any development on the adjoining land and for any application for permission to develop the land.

How damages for professional negligence are often assessed in the context of residential and commercial conveyancing.

The Ministry of Justice published its response to the consultation, Transforming Bailiff Action, on 25 January 2013.

The High Court has dealt with a test case re valuers’ liability for residential mortgage valuations prepared in good market conditions In 2006/7, GMAC was the largest centralised mortgage lender in the UK and E.Surv was, and is, the largest residential surveyor. GMAC claim that E.Surv negligently and in breach of contract overvalued many properties they lent against and they have suffered substantial losses as a result. They have assigned all such claims to Webb Resolution..

Parties cannot expect the Court to release them from bad bargains.

The PBA and PLA comprise 370 barristers and 1,100 solicitors, respectively, specializing in property litigation. Members’ areas of expertise cover the full gamut of commercial, residential and agricultural property law. This is a joint response by the two organizations.

Is the case of Edwards & Walkden v City of London consistent with the O’May decision in relation to changing terms of business tenancies on renewal or does it evidence a change in the approach of the Court?

The Court cannot re-write badly drafted Leases.

Property compromise agreements may be oral even though they have a disposing effect provided they do not have a disposing purpose.