Property

The definition of ‘property’ is about to expand: Jessica Boxford, Joseph Evans & Cassidy Fan explore the impact on insolvency practitioners

A government white paper issued this week has set out plans to reinvigorate commonhold and make it the default tenure.

A senior paralegal at Bishopsgate Law is packing her bags after being chosen as the lucky winner of InfoTrack’s seventh annual ‘Take Me To Australia’ prize draw.

An exclusive Q&A for legal professionals with Henry Dannell

From moths in the attic to the right to manage, 2024 provided a plethora of landmark real estate litigation cases. In this week’s NLJ, Ben Hatton, director of property litigation, Jordan Gulwell, lawyer, and Natasha Vij, trainee solicitor, at Clifford Chance, survey the stand-out cases and set out some lessons to learn from each.

Ben Hatton, Jordan Gulwell & Natasha Vij explore 2024’s stand-out cases in real estate litigation: what can we learn for the coming year?

Who owns lost treasures once they have been found? Michael L Nash unearths some peculiarities in the law of possession & ownership

Digital identity services and other reforms will be introduced to streamline searches and speed up conveyancing times, the government has said.

Imogen Dodds & Jamie Sutherland consider a Hong Kong case that gives clarity on limitation periods in constructive trust claims

The Law Commission is consulting on proposals to simplify, consolidate and modernise the law of compulsory purchase.