Specialist Teams:
Land: Tenure and Interests
Members have experience of dealing with all types of
work involving land.
Apart from the more usual aspects of the law relating to
land, our long connection with the region's local authorities has
enabled us to develop a particular knowledge of matters such as public
sector tenancies.
Our location means that we have, in addition, particular
expertise in all aspects of land in the countryside. The familiarity of
team members with both the geography and history (for example, of
private Acts of Parliament) of the areas in which they work is a major
advantage in cases such as those involving adverse possession and where
boundaries are disputed. Several members lecture regularly on
property-related subjects.
The team's areas of special expertise include:
- Agricultural, commercial and residential tenancies -
possession, forfeiture, dilapidations, management, lease renewal and
rent review
- Registered and unregistered land - defective title,
adverse possession and boundary disputes
- Public and private rights of way, drainage, light and
other easements
- Nuisance and other property-related torts
See also: planning,
environment and local government.
Useful
web sites
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk
- The much-awaited Statute Law Database was finally launched in
December 2006. Unlike the OPSI site this shows the current
status of
legislation, with existing and prospective amendments
http://www2.bailii.org/
- British & Irish Legal Information Institute : free access to
law
on-line - case law & legislation in the UK and Ireland; plus
access to similar services in other common law jurisdictions
http://www.landstribunal.gov.uk/
- Lands Tribunal procedure & decisions
http://www.ahmlr.gov.uk/index.htm
- The site of the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry; for determining
disputed applications in respect of land registration : procedure,
guidance & decisions
http://www.rpts.gov.uk/
- The Residential Property Tribunal Service; for disputes concerning
leasehold flat service charges & management; challenges to a
local
authority landlord's refusal of the right to buy; and appeals relating
to Improvement Notices, Prohibition Orders, Demolition Orders, and
Emergency measures (Unfit properties)
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