Property Law

A declaration of trust remains the single most effective legal tool for protecting money invested in jointly owned property in 2026 – whether you…

In URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 the Supreme Court held that a developer which repairs defective buildings voluntarily does…

You do not pay stamp duty on genuine chattels — the carpets, curtains and free-standing furniture that come with a house. You do pay…

Renting in London is still a competition — but since 1 May 2026 it is a refereed one. Section 21 evictions are gone, every…

When the hammer falls at a property auction, you have exchanged contracts — no survey condition, no cooling-off, no renegotiation. Caveat emptor still governs…

British housing law is 177 years of crisis and response: cholera built the first housing statutes, war built the council estates, inflation built Right…

A family business faces four legal pressures its founders rarely plan for together: divorce inside the family, incapacity of a key owner, death and…

Property law has changed more in two years than in the previous twenty, and the changes land on different people differently: viral claims about…

The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 is now law in force, not a proposal to track. Since 1 May 2026 every private tenancy in England…

Two years after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 became law, one provision is in force, the valuation reforms are not, and marriage…

Your title plan does not show your legal boundary — it shows a red line on an Ordnance Survey map, drawn under the general…

HM Land Registry now runs digital by default: 95% of applications clear within twelve months, straightforward updates complete in minutes, and from August 2025…