Homeowners, the UK’s leading comparison site for home move services has revealed rising stamp duty bills and conveyancing fees are the key factors leading to increased costs for homeowners, which can be attributed to a marginal 1% annual rise in house prices. As reported by insideconveyancing.co.uk stamp duty makes up almost half of the total
A landlord has been fined after he failed to provide information about one of his properties when asked to do so by a council. Tenants of a home in Colchester contacted Colchester Council in December last year with concerns about the property. The council launched an investigation into potential breaches of housing standards law and
It has been suggested that an overhaul of international student visa rules should apply to those due to graduate in the coming months. Current overseas students set to graduate next year are unlikely to benefit from major changes, announced by the Prime Minister, which will allow future students to stay in the UK for two
A mouldy and damp house in South Derbyshire was deemed “grossly unfit for human habitation” after children were forced to flush a broken toilet with a bucket of water. A single mother and her two children were living in the house since 2012. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard the property had no hot water, the toilet
A 71 year old man is claiming personal injury compensation after being left paralysed by a freak wave while on holiday in Cape Verde. Mick Collier suffered neck and back injuries in the accident. He claims lifeguards at the five star hotel had raised an orange flag to indicate it was safe to enter the
Bracknell Forest Council spent almost £100,000 in compensation claims over the last five years. 105 personal injury claims were made to the Council by people who suffered trips, slips or falls in council-owned buildings or in public spaces. Out of the 105 claims, only 13 of these were successful. The largest payout from the last
The Ministry of Justice have released the 2019 Q2 report on mortgage and landlord possession claims. The report found that there has been an overall decrease in landlord possessions. The highest rate of landlord possession claims was found to be in London with the most seen in Newham. The majority of claims, 58% in total,
A solicitor has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal after being jailed for his role in an immigration conspiracy. Sheikh Muhammad Usman was sentenced to seven years imprisonment after he was convicted of conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-EU person. The tribunal ordered for
Estimates from the Office for National Statistics found that immigration to the UK from the EU remains at its lowest level since 2013. The ONS, however, had to admit the reliability of the data set had been called into question and therefore had been downgraded from “national statistic” status to “experimental.” The data showed net
A car salesman suffered a traumatic brain injury after he was hit at speed when a co-worker lost control of a car that he was preparing for a test-drive. Mohammed Al-Zehairi, 27, spent almost two weeks at hospital being treated for a fractured skull and leg injury after the freak accident. Mr Al-Zehairi has long-term