HM Land Registry has said the threat of another coronavirus outbreak will make people less tolerant of a paper-heavy conveyancing process and has outlined its own digital progress. According to The Law Gazette, in Land Registry’s latest annual report, chair Michael Mire anticipates a greater desire to make property transactions more digital over the coming year,
An immigration solicitor who falsified a series of correspondence and documents to cover his lack of activity has been struck off the roll by the tribunal. According to The Law Gazette, Christopher Ka Ki Cheng, who worked with London firm Farani Javid Taylor Solicitors, was found to have misled immigration clients who were vulnerable and
A judge has ruled that blanket bans on renting properties to people on housing benefit are unlawful and discriminatory. The court ruling found a single mother-of-two had encountered discrimination indirectly after a letting agent failed to rent to her. The woman and her children ended up being homeless. Her case was then taken on by
A landlord from Bury has been ordered to pay £5,200 in court costs after his three-storey house was closed for being a blight on the neighbourhood. The property, owned Abdul Razar Saddiqui, has been associated with drug-dealing and possible exploitation offences. Saddiqui, 52, contested the closure order, brought by Manchester City Council. Police had received
Couples seeking a no-fault divorce will have to wait until autumn 2021 although the proposed legislation removing fault from the divorce process has reached the final part of its parliamentary journey. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill concluded its passage through the House of Commons. It will return to the House of Lords to
The government’s tenant eviction ban will come to an end next month. Court proceedings to evict tenants in England have been on hold since March. The government stopped landlords beginning or continuing eviction proceedings in order to give tenants stability and security during lockdown. This meant landlords who issued eviction notices before also had to put proceedings
An aristocrat who says he and his estranged wife should fight over money in a Scottish court instead of an English one has lost a Supreme Court battle. Charles and Emma Villiers, who separated after 18 years of marriage, are divorcing in Scotland. However, they disagree about whether the case should be heard in an
A divorcee whose billionaire ex-husband owes her £450 million is waiting for a judge’s ruling after a divorce battle over a £346 million yacht and a modern art collection valued at more than £115 million. Tatiana Akhmedova was awarded a 41.5% share of businessman Farkhad Akhmedov’s £1 billion-plus fortune by a British judge in late