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Covenants that restrict the use to which properties can be put lurk undetected within many title deeds and can have a dramatic impact on a property's value. That was certainly so in the case of one unfortunate couple who said that tight restrictions applying to their home had rendered it all but unsaleable. The case concerned a double-fronted Victorian home that had, during the 1980s, been converted vertically into two freehold properties. One of them, owned by the couple, was subject to covenants that, amongst other things, forbade them from...

Covenants that restrict the use to which properties can be put lurk undetected within many title deeds and can have a dramatic impact on a property's value. That was certainly so in the case of one unfortunate couple who said that tight restrictions applying to their home had rendered it all but unsaleable. The case concerned a double-fronted Victorian home that had, during the 1980s, been converted vertically into two freehold properties. One of them, owned by the couple, was subject to covenants that, amongst other things, forbade them from...

Oliver Fisher instructed on Court of Appeal case Oliver Fisher Solicitors are pleased to announce we have been instructed to act for Ms Rouncefield in the upcoming Court of Appeal case of Trecarrel House Limited v Rouncefield. Ms Rouncefield entered into an Assured Shorthold Tenancy commencing and dated 20 February 2017. The appellant, Trecarrel House (“A”) provided Ms Rouncefield with a Gas Safety Record (“GSR”) on 9 November 2017 for a check carried out on 31 January 2017. A section 21 notice was served on Ms Rouncefield on 1 May...

Disputes within families are very common indeed and one of the issues the courts see over and over again is where there is a family 'understanding' that ends in a disagreement. In a recent case, the result of one such dispute is that an 82-year-old woman will be forced to sell the home she has lived in for decades. Many such cases involve farming businesses. These traditionally pass down from generation to generation, and often one child will work on the farm for many years with the others moving away. It...