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What happens when you opt to tax (charge VAT on) land and buildings, when you need permission and when to notify HMRC about your decision.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
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 Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Squatting is when someone deliberately enters property without permission…
A non-residential property is any building or land that is not designed to…
A long-term squatter can become the registered owner of property or land…
HM Land Registry will tell you if squatters apply for legal ownership of…
You can remove squatters using an interim possession order (IPO) or making…
You may be classed as homeless if you’re squatting. Get advice from…
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
Guidance explaining why compulsory purchase orders are made, and what people's rights are to challenge them.
When and how to request a reduction in rateable value or to delete a property from the business rates list and when properties do not qualify.
A suite of template legal documents to support the development of mutuals.
British and Irish citizens and people with valid immigration status escaping the violence in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon can claim benefits from the day they arrive in the UK.
How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
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