A common scenario which I have come across when acting for mortgagees in connection with property sales by them involves the following entries at the land registry:

A future Conservative government may mean the end of Home Information Packs (HIPs) as it has indicated that it would like to abolish them.

The High Court has ruled that where a contract is expressed to be governed by English law, the contract must be construed in accordance with English law principles of contract construction despite the contract being in US form.

When the Land Registry uses the word "dematerialisation", it means that it has decided to discontinue the practice of issuing Charge Certificates after registering a lender’s legal charge and Land Certificates when a title was not subject to a legal charge.

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) has published draft guidance on improving public company board effectiveness, as part of its review of the Higgs Review on Corporate Governance.

For those of us marrieds who, instinctively, have always relished our share of the household chores as essential to a happy home, statistical support appeared recently to hand.

A consultation paper on the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010 has been launched by the Government Equalities Office.

The Chancellor announced that he was going to be tough but fair in the budget today.

The new coalition Government published a ‘coalition agreement’ on 20 May, which sets out what has been agreed so far between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

The case of Leonard Kernott v Patricia Jones (2010) EWCA Civ 578 is another timely reminder that those purchasing property jointly should give consideration as to how the property should be held prior to completing any purchase.

The Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC ("the Directive") and the Consumer Credit (EU Directive) Regulations 2010 introduce new rights and obligations.

The EU Mediation Directive 2008/52/EC (the Directive) was adopted on 23 April 2008 and came into force on 13 June 2008.

All companies must provide certain information in their business communications.

The Jackson Report on litigation costs included some novelties, for example the concept of "hot tubbing"

The recent decision in Peacock v MGN Ltd [2010] EWHC 90174 (Costs) has highlighted the strength of a staged success fee in a CFA.

Microsoft and the European commission have ended 10 years of fighting with an agreement over Microsoft's alleged bundling of its Internet Explorer browser software with its Windows operating system.

European Commission investigates allegations that Google acted ‘anti-competitively’ in ranking of rivals’ sites on its natural search results…

A survey conducted by Axa has found that age discrimination is occurring on a regular basis in UK workplaces, with many employees still being pressured into early retirement.

With the general election only a matter of days away, this briefing looks at what the three main political parties have proposed for the housing sector in their recent policy statements and election manifestos.

All construction businesses must fully understand the tax status of their contractors, says Shimon Shaw.