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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:…
Leasehold property - leasehold disputes, buying the freehold, service charges, lease extensions and Right to Manage
You only own a leasehold property for a fixed period of time. You’ll have…
Your responsibilities Your lease will tell you what conditions you’ve…
Service charges Your lease sets out the way the service charge is…
Extending the lease You can ask the landlord to extend your lease at any…
You can ask the landlord to sell you the freehold at any time. There are…
You may be able to change the management of your building if you’re…
There is a different dispute process in Wales. You might be able to…
The Government Property Function operates across departments, delivery organisations and agencies. It is a network of over 5,000 members with responsibility for a range of property-related activities. GPF is part of the Civil Service and the Cabinet Office .
How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.
The Government Property Profession is a network of over 2,000 members with responsibility for a range of property-related activities.
Find out how to work out the value of your property and get information about pre-return banding checks.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Guidance for landlords of domestic private rented property on how to comply with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Find out about a scheme used by individual landlords to avoid paying tax on their property income and reduce Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax.
The role of the Government Property Function, the services and standards it is responsible for and how it builds professional skills in the Civil Service.
As part of Dstl's commitment to improving access to technologies, we're making some of our intellectual property (IP) available for free.
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on imports into and exports out of the UK.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
We are a specialist list set up to deal with: claims and appeals concerning patents (including supplementary protection certificates), registered designs, copyright issues, trade marks, semiconductor topography rights and plant varieties; claims and appeals concerning the and other intellectual property...
See how to work out the tax relief for individual landlords and assess the impact of the finance cost restriction from 6 April 2017.
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,...
A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
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