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Information on legal requirements and advice for British nationals buying property in France.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and...
Form OS2: official search with priority by a purchaser against part of the land in a registered title or pending first registration application.
Protected food name with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
Protected wine name with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
Guidance and information on how you can use the Defence Training Estate responsibly.
Protected food name with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
Form OS3: for official search without priority of the land in a registered title.
Traditional term for wine
This list covers a large amount of Chancery work which is separate from the Business List. It includes the following types of work: Property landlord and tenant residential landlord and tenant commercial trespass/squatters mortgages land registry land – including title,...
Find out which disposals of assets from historic houses are within the scope of VAT.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of business premises once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
Find out which admission charges to cultural exhibitions and events are exempt from VAT.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Edwin Johnson & Judge Jonathan Cannan on 04 March 2024
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
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