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19 February 2018 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7778 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way: 19 February 2018

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Do they, don’t they? The Land Registry can tell you of 3.3m properties in England and Wales owned by UK companies and corporations and overseas companies. The data including address and price paid is now accessible free of charge. Go to https://data.landregistry.gov.uk to register. Worthwhile if considering litigation or wishing to identify a place at which the enforcement agent or bailiff can seize or in respect of which a charging order application can be made. Or perhaps you’re just b…..y nosey. For the moment, you may need to qualify as a data scientist to open up more than around one-third of the rows of data for UK companies and corporations but they’re working on this.

Welch voice for CPR The Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1148) in force from 19 December 2017 allows appointment to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee of a judge who knows their

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