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	<title>Helping Innovate Property (HIP) - Blog, Housing Market News and Articles &#187; Legal</title>
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		<title>Development issues a Village Green presents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A “Village Green” is an area of open land on which “a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality&#8230; have indulged as a right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years”. In order to protect a right to continue using an area of land for [...]


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		<title>Process of Getting a Conveyancing Quote</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are buying or selling a property then, unless you are planning to do your own conveyancing, you&#8217;ll need to instruct a conveyancer (i.e. a solicitor or licensed conveyancer) to represent you. So with thousands of law firms out there to choose from, how do you go about getting a conveyancing quote? First you [...]


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		<title>Acquiring the Freehold of a Leasehold House</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Landlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most houses in England and Wales are freehold. This means that the owner has a right to remain on the land and in the house in perpetuity (forever) or until he sells or transfers it, at which point the new owner takes over the right. Although technically the land (and therefore the house) actually belongs [...]


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		<title>What You Need to Know About Conveyancing Contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conveyancing contract (sometimes referred to as the agreement) is a document which contains all of the terms and conditions to which a conveyancing transaction is subject. Once contracts are exchanged those terms become legally binding on all parties. For most of us, the contract to purchase a property is by far the most valuable [...]


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		<title>Confusion clouds landscape for consumers legal services</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The confused system of regulation for legal services risks leaving consumers without protection when things go wrong, the new Legal Ombudsman warns today. Against a backdrop of a rapidly changing legal landscape, there are particular difficulties in areas such as claims management and will-writing companies, he says. The warning from Chief Legal Ombudsman Adam Sampson [...]


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		<title>What Can I Do About My Neighbour&#8217;s Nuisance Tree?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trees can be wonderful though they can also be a terrible nuisance in gardens, particularly small gardens and particularly if they are allowed to grow too large. If your enjoyment of your property is adversely affected by a tree belonging to a neighbour, is there anything you can do? Your options depend on a few [...]


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		<title>Protecting a Right to a View</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In English law there is no such thing as a legal right to a view. This was established in Aldred&#8217;s Case 1610, which showed that to qualify as an easement a right must be “sufficiently definite”, whereas a right to view is far too general in terms of the land which bears the burden. It [...]


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		<title>Boundary Disputes &#8211; What you need to know</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boundaries are one of the major causes of disputes between neighbours. Whether one neighbour is encroaching on another, there is an argument that the boundary line is in the wrong position or shared boundary is not properly maintained, issues that might start out as trivial can quickly escalate. Part of the problem arises from the [...]


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		<title>Party Wall Act 1996 &#8211; What you need to know</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 08:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering building a structure on or near the boundary between yours and a neighbour&#8217;s property it is important to consider the provisions of the Party Wall Act 1996 to ascertain what your obligations and rights are. The Party Wall Act 1996 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) is designed to create a framework of [...]


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		<title>Estate Agents and Sellers Making False or Misleading Statements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HIP-Consultant.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When buying a property it is important to ensure that you inspect everything that you can and that you have surveyed everything that you can&#8217;t, such as the structure or the electrics and central heating system. This is because of the principal of caveat emptor &#8211; Latin for buyer beware. What caveat emptor means the [...]


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