‘The Easy Jet question.’ At this time of year, many businesses have amassed considerable cash on their balance sheets that they were about to distribute (but have not yet). Does Covid 19 prevent them from successfully doing so? Could such a payment be challenged later as a preference? So, to gets things clear. This article […]

The outbreak of coronavirus in the UK is predicted to have a profound impact on the way in which society functions for the foreseeable future. With its potential to have a debilitating effect on the UK workforce and the most recent government advice recommending that people to work from home where possible, many businesses will […]

The Government has confirmed that the current Help to Buy: Equity Loan Scheme will be available to First Time Buyers and homeowners until March 2021.  Help to buy changes: Am I still eligible? Using the Help to Buy scheme, you can borrow up to 20% of your newly built home so that you will only […]

A Leasehold property means that you have the right to occupy the property for the number of years attached to the lease. Once the lease comes to an end, the ownership of the property is returned to the landlord. This contrasts to purchasing a freehold property, where you own the land and the property outright. […]

In many situations we need to rely upon the advice of an expert, but what happens when you lose out because of an expert’s poor or careless advice? If you believe that you have suffered losses based upon bad professional advice you may have grounds to make a claim of professional negligence. Claims can be […]

If you believe that there is something wrong with a Will or that you have been unfairly denied an inheritance then you may have grounds to make a challenge. It is possible to challenge a Will itself or make a claim under Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 if you believe you should […]

What happens where an obvious error is made in the completion of a Payment Certificate? Should the certificate itself be retrospectively corrected or should the error simply be rectified within the next certificate after it is identified? This was precisely the issue that had to be determined within an adjudication referral issued by ORJ’s Michael […]

Mineral rights are defined under Section 132 of the Land Registration Act 2002 as any seam of minerals or substances in or under any land, and the rights to work and mine any such minerals or substances. The owners of mineral rights can differ from the landowner. This can be revealed within the title deeds […]