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    Brazil: business as usual?

    5th August 2015 by

    Much has been published about the Brazilian economy recently, mostly of a negative connotation and invariably pessimistic. The economic growth seen between 2005 and 2010 largely promoted by commodities prices and domestic consumption is now settling down. The Brazilian currency is also weakening in the face of current international market trends and low GDP growth. Nevertheless Brazil is still a country with great potential for businesses with a medium to long term strategy. Continue reading →

    5th August 2015 0 Comments international blog posts

    Shared ownership transactions – beware the pitfalls

    3rd August 2015 by

    Sadly, many of those who instruct residential conveyancing solicitors to proceed with a shared ownership transaction may fail to take account of some of the ramifications of this type of property ownership.

    For example, if you have part equity in a shared ownership property it can be difficult to sell the property on. This is because Housing Associations sometimes require that sellers buy up full equity before proceeding with a sale – inevitably, for the typically cash-strapped shared ownership seller, this can present problems.

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    3rd August 2015 0 Comments Conveyancing blog posts ,

    Reduced tax relief for buy-to-let landlords

    27th July 2015 by

    Buy-to-let landlords face new challenges in the months ahead after the chancellor announced in his latest budget that he would be reducing tax relief for investors.

    It was announced in the budget that from April 2017 landlords would be unable to receive tax relief worth up to 45% of interest payments on their buy-to-let mortgages, with the maximum relief to be capped at 20%.

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    27th July 2015 0 Comments Conveyancing blog posts

    Spiking claims signal professional negligence pressure

    23rd July 2015 by

    A survey has revealed that property professional negligence claims are behind more cases of professional negligence litigation against legal firms than any other type of claim.

    According to the survey, one of the major reasons for this is the growth in conveyancing “factories”, which have abounded ever since the introduction of the Legal Services Act 2007. This piece of legislation was revolutionary in that it allowed non-lawyer firms to provide legal services. However, it has clearly come at a cost, with unqualified conveyancers thought to be behind a high number of property professional negligence claims.

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    23rd July 2015 0 Comments Professional negligence blog posts ,

    High Court strikes out vexatious litigant’s claims

    20th July 2015 by

    As with every other area of the law, in the specialism of professional negligence litigation it is sometimes possible for the vexatious litigant to rear its head.

    The truth of the above statement was recently underlined at the High Court where a judge issued a civil restraint order against a retired solicitor and her 88-year-old mother. The move came following numerous instances of vexatious professional negligence litigation being taken out by the woman and her mother.

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    20th July 2015 0 Comments Professional negligence blog posts ,

    Protect your business from redevelopment rolling break clauses

    16th July 2015 by

    Redevelopment rolling break clauses are becoming increasingly common, particularly in areas where office space is scarce and competition stiff.

    Businesses rely on landlords to renew tenancies for business security and, in order to give themselves more flexibility with redevelopment options, some landlords seek to impose redevelopment rolling break clauses in new leases. Continue reading →

    16th July 2015 0 Comments Commercial property blog posts, Property disputes blog posts