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Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg). You must decide which…
You can find out what type of joint ownership you have by checking…
This is called ‘severance of joint tenancy’. You should apply for a ‘Form…
You need the agreement of all the other joint owners to change from being…
You must apply to the Court of Protection if all of the following apply:…
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
This is a brief factual explainer of how commonhold works. For more information, you may wish to visit the website of the Leasehold Advisory Service.
Find out how much Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) to pay when you buy property through a shared ownership scheme.
Guidance for local authorities, trusts, schools, colleges and FE institutions about who owns DfE loaned devices, asset management and loan agreements.
This sets out the assessment and decision-making process for selecting successful bids to the Community Ownership Fund and the internal decisions approved by the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO).
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
This guidance outlines the obligations that the leaseholder protections in the Act place onto building owners, right-to-manage companies, resident management companies and named managers.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of business premises once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
How residents in high-rise residential buildings should avoid increasing or creating building safety risks and what to expect from accountable persons.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of residential properties once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
How to register a reservoir, appoint a panel engineer, produce a flood plan, prepare an inspection information pack and report an incident.
Capital allowances you can claim on plant and machinery when you buy a building with fixtures.
Supports effective delivery of planning application process.
Find out how the government chooses open standards, and how you can suggest open standards, to improve services for users.
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