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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
15 October 2013
A history lesson for property owners: will the chancel repair liability changes affect you?
Chancel repair is a long-standing liability on property owners to contribute to the repair cost of the chancel (the space around the alter usually at the eastern end) of a parish church. On Sunday 13 October 2013, chancel repair liability ceased to automatically bind purchasers of affected land as an ‘overriding interest’ under the Land Registration Act 2002. Vanessa Whatley assesses the impact of these changes on property owners.
9 October 2013
How will the Help to Buy scheme impact on the property market?
Julia Hicks assesses how the property market will be impacted following the introduction of second phase of the Government's Help to Buy scheme.
9 October 2013
Tackling illegal immigration in privately rented accommodation - issues for landlords
Bethan Owen discusses the recent Home Office consultation and how this could impact on landlords.
1 July 2013
Changes to Judicial Review of Planning Decisions come into force today
A number of changes that are relevant to the real estate world come into force today, 1st July 2013. The 63rd update to the court’s Civil Procedure Rules amends parts 52 and 54 of the rules that relate to the Judicial Review of planning decisions.
19 October 2012
No more wheel-clamping on private land
Although it has been illegal in Scotland for several years, wheel clamping has continued to be a standard way of dealing with unauthorised parking on private land in England and Wales. That is now at an end.