Property & Construction

I am currently acting for many landlords who are seeking to deal with tenants who are defaulting on their obligations. What I have found surprising is the number of tenancies…

Employees of businesses across the UK have been unable to attend work due to being stranded abroad. Employers have had to make arrangements at short notice to cover the duties…

Harrison Drury has launched a new fixed price legal costs scheme, available to tenants taking on leases of commercial premises which have annual rents up to £20,000 (exclusive of VAT).…

Today sees a number of new employment legislation rules come into force. They include: "Fit" rather than "sick" notes New "fit notes" come into use from April 6 2010. The…

Owen McKenna from Harrison Drury, gives his verdict on the Budget from a property perspective. He said: In my opinion the budget was very much made with one eye on…

Bullying and harassment at work. These terms are often used interchangeably and have been much used in the recent media coverage of the allegations that Gordon Brown has been mistreating…

What is it? Chancel repair liability is an ancient interest, and according to The National Archives, potentially benefits some 5,200 pre-Reformation churches in England and Wales.  It allows the Parochial…

It’s not often that the Land Registry makes the news, but the Land Registry’s Early Completion Policy has hit the headlines, at least as far as we conveyancers are concerned.…

We have expanded our senior legal team again by appointing our fourth specialist solicitor of the year. Commercial property expert Iain Hall has joined us from law firm Marsden Rawsthorn,…

A national estate agent, Foxtons, has received a severe reprimand in a High Court ruling that gives some welcome good news to residential landlords. This ruling may effect many buy…

Landlords and tenants have always been able to agree a whole range of different deals for different circumstances. Even in the present market with lower rents and shorter terms on…

Yes, that’s me serving court proceedings on a group of travellers who had set up camp on a site owned by one of our clients across from Sedbergh School. Who…

You only have to look at the high street and read the newspapers to see that the number of empty premises has increased and tenant administrations are on the rise.…

The law of restrictive covenants is a complex area and a mystery to many landowners, some of whom believe that restrictive covenants cannot be challenged, however, this is not the…

A recent High Court judgment serves as a reminder to landowners of what are commonly referred to as “squatters rights”. Alston v BOCM concerned land owned by BOCM which had…

The majority of businesses need premises to operate from, whether they be for offices, workshops, factories or storage facilities. PLEASE NOTE: FOR CORONAVIRUS SPECIFIC GUIDANCE WE HAVE PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING…

Recent government proposals have stated that listed buildings are to be renamed as registered heritage assets. This legislation will see the term "listed building" scrapped in England. Under the proposed…

We have strengthened our niche commercial property law unit with the appointment of a trainee solicitor. 22-year-old Kate Thompson, from Parbold near Wigan, recently graduated from the Legal Practice Course…