Practice Notes: Conveyancing
Update: landlord and tenant
Milton McIntosh reviews the latest cases relating to oral agreements, rent review arbitrations, damages claims and forfeiture of deposit where assignments
The traveller’s saviour
The courts have sensibly construed section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act, allowing consumers the right to claim against credit card issuers for cancelled f
Trends: property
Some forward-thinking conveyancing practices are seeing the current property market downturn not as a disaster, but an opportunity. Jenny Ramag
Update: employment
Sue Ashtiany reviews recent cases on equal pay, age and religious discrimination, and compensation for failure to take u
Part of the package
Only some of the passengers on the Qantas flight forced to make an emergency landing in Manila could seek compensation for psychological shock, says Davi
Joined by the HIP
Imran Khan explains how one firm of solicitors took the introduction of Home Information Packs as a commercial opportunity by setting up its own HI
Conveyancers should seize property downturn as chance to review systems
Conveyancers should see declining property prices and falling numbers of transactions as an opportunity to put their practices in order and ensure they run
Government’s response must be worth the wait
As we await the response to the Consultation Paper, Amanda Stevens assesses the improvements that can be made on the claim
Stopping the clock
Recent cases on the liability of professional advisers have refined the circumstances where the court will dismiss limitation arguments but additional clar
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