What is Conveyancing? Conveyancing is the legal term used to describe the legal and administrative work that is required to be carried out when transferring a property from one party to another. How long can the conveyancing process take? The process can take between 8 and 12 weeks from the date of instruction, but in…
What are cavity walls? Cavity walls were first introduced into the UK in the late Nineteenth Century. They were presented as a method of tackling wind-driven rain for penetrating the solid brick walls of homes located on the west and southwest coasts.Cavity walls became popular in construction generally, when it was discovered that the gap…
What is Professional Negligence? Individuals and businesses can regularly require the assistance of a professional, individual or firm. The assistance could be to provide support and/or advice to achieve a task that they are unable to undertake themselves. This may be because the skill or knowledge involved is specialised to a greater degree than…
Getting Help If Dementia and Alzheimer’s Occurs Dementia is affecting more and more people either personally or impacting on close friends or relations. Currently, there is no cure and two-thirds of dementia cases are due to Alzheimer’s disease other causes include: Vascular dementia Lewy body dementia frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) It can also occur as a combination…
Japanese knotweed which was first introduced into the UK from Japan in the 1850s as an ornamental garden plant is now the Environment Agency’s number one invasive plant species. Although a large proportion of the UK population are aware of the plant many are unaware of the legal ramifications they could face if the plant…
Who is the Financial Conduct Authority? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates the financial services industry in the UK. Its role includes protecting consumers, keeping the industry stable, and promoting healthy competition between financial service providers. In April 2017, The FCA announced that they were planning to review the motor finance sector. They wanted to understand…
Air travel – What could possibly go wrong? Well, not a lot really: In 2015 37.5 million flights took to the skies, 68 of these flights had accidents and a total of 4 of these flights had accidents that involved fatalities. So if dying on a commercial flight is your dream way to go, you…
When you purchase a Property, Land or both. The area in which you own is marked with a boundary line. This boundary line is visible within your title plan which is held by HM Land registry. Some boundaries are marked clearly by the presence of walls, fences, hedges or a tree line. However…
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