HMLR has updated PG19 (notices and restrictions). Section 3.7.3 has been amended to provide customers with clarification on the evidence required when a right to manage company has been appointed and an application is made to cancel a restriction relating to the management functions in a lease and now includes the following: ‘Cancelling a landlord/management …
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Practitioners will find useful the judicial comments by Davis LJ around prison conditions in the context of sentencing, in a recent CA ruling following a reference by the AG of a sentence as unduly lenient. D was sentenced to a total prison term of 12.5 years on conviction of drugs offences and possession of firearms …
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HMLR has produced some useful resources: Get information about property and land which sets out the basics on obtaining copies of registers and doing a SIM. Link: www.gov.uk/get-information-about-property-and-land. Search for land and property information – this is aimed at consumers and takes the user through the process to obtain a register. Link: www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry. Apply to …
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HMLR has updated PG8 (execution of deeds) by adding a new section 2.7 to give guidance where a deed has been executed by either a partnership or a limited partnership. This is a helpful section, which reads: ‘2.7 Partnerships 2.7.1 Partnerships A deed cannot be executed in the name of a partnership governed by the …
This was an unusual and tragic case in which a will written on cardboard food packaging was declared a valid will. T wrote it before taking his own life in May 2021, leaving five surviving sisters. T’s assets were modest and include a three-bedroom house, bank accounts, cash, jewellery and a large pottery collection. A …
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The Sentencing Council has published new sentencing guideline for strangulation and suffocation offences with effect from 1 January 2025. Strangulation or suffocation – and its racially or religiously aggravated version – are very serious offences that are highly dangerous to victims and often in the context of domestic violence. The guideline is intended to ensure …
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The CA has recently heard a case involving right to buy succession. The appeal was referred to the CA by HH Judge Luba KC pursuant to CPR 52.23(a) after he gave permission to appeal. The important point of principle that the CA was asked to decide was whether a family member (B) of a secure …
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The judge in this case gave, at a very early stage in proceedings, an indication as to sentence – leading to D’s conviction being quashed. T pleaded guilty in July 2018 to being concerned in the supply of cannabis. He argued his conviction was unsafe, on the basis that he pleaded guilty as the judge …
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Practitioners may be pleased to note that HMLR has enhanced the portal by increasing correspondence available. Until recently, customers were limited to viewing items for review such as requisitions sent to them, information-only items which needed no action, and confirmation of requisitions that have been resolved. Note that now portal users are also able to …
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The SRA has issued a warning notice to firms about prohibited marketing practices, such as cold calling, door knocking and directly targeted online messaging. The notice is relevant to all, but is aimed at those carrying out high-volume consumer claims work. The SRA’s concerns are: that law firms or those sourcing claims on their behalf …
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