Farming Family Fireworks

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Our Farming Family Fireworks seminar held in Banbury on 10th November was well attended. Guests heard about the contentious problems that can occur in the agricultural sector which included:   What can happen to land and tenancies if people die and don’t make a proper Will Current Employment issues in Agricultural family businesses What ...

European Agricultural Policy: Why should I be bothered?

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Most of our AgriFILE readers will be well aware that there are proposals currently in circulation relating to reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (the CAP). This is because the CAP is due to be reformed after 2013. There was wide-ranging public debate prior to the Commission’s Communication entitled “The ...

Pyrrhic Victory in Boundary Dispute

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

When applying to register land for the first time, a man, who knew that a small piece of the land had been the subject of an ownership dispute, failed to inform the Land Registry of this fact. There had been extensive correspondence regarding the dispute, but it had come to ...

Plans Not Definitive in Property Rights

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

A dispute between neighbours illustrates the significance of two important facts about property. Firstly, to prevent another person from obtaining a legal ‘easement’ (the right to use) or legal title to land that belongs to you but which they use as their own (by way of a process called ‘adverse ...

House Sales – Replying to Enquiries

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

When a house is bought or sold, the prospective purchaser makes what are called ‘pre-contract enquiries’ in order to establish the exact details of the property being bought. These are normally in the form of a standard set of questions with any necessary amendments. However, the fact that the questions raised ...