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Those of you tasked with completing real estate deals and executing deeds and documents during the Covid lockdown will be pleased to hear that Land Registry has finally taken a… Read more →
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Those of you tasked with completing real estate deals and executing deeds and documents during the Covid lockdown will be pleased to hear that Land Registry has finally taken a… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Dear Claire Q: My tenant hasn’t been paying rent due to Covid-19. I feel… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Dear Claire Q: I run a designer clothing boutique. The boutique is located in… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Dear Claire Q: My business has a 10 year lease of office premises which… Read more →
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Real estate update – The new landlord moratorium on forfeiture and re-entry. How does it work? On 25 March 2020 government put in place emergency legislation, known as the Coronavirus… Read more →
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Quarterly In Advance is published by Wedlake Bell’s Real Estate Team for our clients and contacts in the property world. Contents • Dear Claire – what are the requirements for vehicle charging… Read more →
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23 December 2019 marked 100 years since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 which allowed women to become solicitors, barristers and sit as magistrates, judges or on juries. This milestone… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: I am a developer at the planning stage of my next mixed-use development… Read more →
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Quarterly in advance is published by Wedlake Bell’s Real Estate Team for our clients and contacts in the property world. Contents Dear Claire – can property guardians help landlords with vacant… Read more →
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DEAR CLAIRE Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q. I am the owner of a commercial office building. It is… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Professional Support Lawyer Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: My company has taken a 10 year lease of newly constructed… Read more →
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Planning Partner and expert Jay Das discusses the secrets to successfully obtaining planning permission with Claire Haynes
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New ID number required for offshore companies owning UK properties There is an increasing body of evidence that offshore corporate vehicles are used in UK property transactions by criminal organisations… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Professional Support Lawyer Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q I am in the process of buying a property in London. … Read more →
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Quarterly in advance is published by Wedlake Bell’s Real Estate Team for our clients and contacts in the property world. Contents ‘Dear Claire’ – the seller gave me a copy… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: I recently completed the purchase of a property which I intend to refurbish.… Read more →
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Quarterly in advance is published by Wedlake Bell’s Real Estate Team for our clients and contacts in the property world. Contents ‘Dear Claire’ – My landlord agreed in conversation to change… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: My business has a licence to occupy serviced office premises. In return for… Read more →
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When agreeing terms for an inflation linked rent review or a cap on costs, it is worth taking a moment to consider which index the rate is to be linked… Read more →
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Quarterly in advance is published by Wedlake Bell’s Real Estate Team for our clients and contacts in the property world. Contents: Dear Claire – Claire answers a developer’s question regarding… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: I am a developer. I am investigating the purchase of a site for… Read more →
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The Government has changed the law to expedite the roll out of broadband and mobile telecoms across the UK. What does this mean for owners, funders and managers of property?… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: I work for a small charity which has a lease of a building… Read more →
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Dear Claire Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: My lease lasted for 10 years and three months. There were… Read more →
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Please click here to view the digital flipbook version of our newsletter. Contents ‘Can local authorities require new developments to be car-free?‘– Matthew Mainstone gives you the answer. ‘Dear Claire’ – can I charge… Read more →
Tomorrow's City
The demand for owning assets is changing with rapid shifts in commercial cultures. Claire Haynes and Helen Garthwaite ask how landlords can keep up. Click here to view the full… Read more →
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Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: I am a developer planning to enter the retirement home sector as there… Read more →
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Often landlords and management companies use the repairing covenant in their leases to justify invoicing tenants through the service charge for the replacement of items that are not in disrepair… Read more →
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In England there is no overriding law or principal of law that we must act in good faith to one another. Nor is there a law that the parties to… Read more →
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Helen Garthwaite and Claire Haynes highlight the importance of sustainable digital infrastructure for broadband connectivity. Click here to view the full article in an article first published in the September/October… Read more →
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The measurement of a building is central to its valuation and for multi-let buildings the rent and service charge calculations. This makes it important for property industry stakeholders that the… Read more →
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The importance of considering broadband connectivity at the outset of a construction or refurbishment project is now recognised, but what must developers do to deliver high speed broadband in their… Read more →
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Helen Garthwaite and Claire Haynes consider broadband challenges for the next generation of buildings. This article was first published in RICS Construction Journal for April-May 2016. When carrying out a… Read more →
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The Creative Foundation v Dreamland Leisure Limited and others [2015] EWHC 2556 (Ch) is an interesting case, relating to the ownership of a Banksy art work spray painted on a… Read more →
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Claire Haynes provides the answers. Q. What is happening? A. The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 (as amended by the 2015 Amendment Regulations, together the Regulations) implement parts of… Read more →
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The law on environmental requirements for commercial property is changing. This bulletin tells you what you need to know. Why have the draft Regulations been issued? In accordance with the… Read more →