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The facts in Baker v Craggs were relatively unusual, but the legal issues that they threw up shone a light on fundamental concepts in registered land conveyancing. The vendor of land sold one plot to A, but omitted to reserve a right of way. There were problems with the registration [...] -
PART ONE Introduction On 18th November 2010 Greg Clark, the then Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in October 2008, gave a speech to Localis, an independent, think tank promoting neo-localist ideas.1 Mr Clark talked about the need to “reboot planning to meet the needs of the [...] -
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE FOS This book is about the Financial Ombudsman Service (or ‘FOS’). The FOS is probably the main form of alternative dispute resolution for customers of those who are subject to financial regulation. In this way it provides an important way of resolving a wide variety [...] -
CHAPTER THREE STATUTORY LEASE EXTENSIONS As mentioned previously, the piece of legislation that allows for this to happen is the Leasehold Reform Housing & Urban Development Act 1993 (as amended by subsequent Acts). Under the act then a leaseholder has an automatic right to require that their freeholder offer them [...] -
CHAPTER ONE THE BASICS OF A CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS OF EXISTING USE AND DEVELOPMENT Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 envisages three circumstances where a certificate may be issued. Two relate to unauthorized development and the third relates to development in breach of a condition. Subsection [...]