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Landlords serving Case B notices to quit in respect of agricultural tenancies following the grant of planning permission over part often overlook an important point of law. The rule at common law is that a notice to quit must relate to all of the demised...

As of 1 April 2018, SDLT will no longer apply to properties in Wales. A new property tax system has been brought in known as the Land Transaction Tax (LTT). This operates in broadly the same way as for SDLT but returns and payments are made direct to the...

Adam Smith and Eleanor Smith v Rosemary Line (February 2018) Following a trial in October 2017, the Truro County Court recently delivered judgment on a case concerning the spread of Japanese knotweed. Adam and Eleanor Smith asserted that their neighbour...

Churston Golf Club v Haddock [2018] EWHC 347 (Ch) Mr Haddock is a tenant farmer and neighbour to Churston Golf Club (the “Golf Club”). This was a dispute about an obligation to fence the boundary between their land. In simple terms Mr Haddock...

Smyth-Tyrrell and another v Bowden [2018] EWHC 106 (Ch) (2 February 2018). Judgment has recently come out in a case that will be of interest to both landlords and tenants of rural property. The Claimants, Mr and Mrs Smyth-Tyrrell, were the tenants of...

New minimum energy efficiency standards for private rented properties – in force 1 April 2018 From 1 April 2018, landlords of buildings within the scope of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (the...

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are a rating scheme to summarise the energy efficiency of buildings. The certificate gives an asset rating which places the energy efficiency of the property on a sliding scale using letters to indicate the bands:...

Law Commission – Planning Law in Wales Consultation Paper 1. The Welsh Government is currently consulting on the introduction of a new Planning Code with the aim of simplifying and modernising the planning system within Wales. The new Planning...

Water Abstraction Reform In December 2017 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published a plan to reform water abstraction management in England. The plan includes three key reforms: Developing a stronger focus on catchment...

We are pleased to confirm that Loxley have this year decided to support the Longfield Charity as our designated Firm Charity of the Year.  All proceeds of any charitable events which we undertake throughout the course of 2018 will be donated to this...

We often get asked to advise landowners who own property that is let under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (the “AHA 1986”) and who want to recover possession from their tenants for one reason or another. It is worth saying that we also often...

Bringing a claim against a professional such as an accountant, solicitor or surveyor can be a daunting and difficult decision for a client. Relationships have often been developed over many years and bonds of trust built up. However, mistakes do...

The number of queries we are getting relating to deregistering common land is on the up, so we thought it would be a good time to explain more about how you can try and do this. Often clients are interested in trying to deregister common land because they...

Under the Hedgerow Regulations 1997 (“the Regulations”) it is against the law to remove most countryside hedgerows without first obtaining permission from the local planning authority (“LPA”).  In particular, the Regulations...

Williams v Hawkes [2017] EWCA Civ 1846 The Court of Appeal has recently considered an appeal from the owner of a Charolais steer that, after being spooked by something (exactly what is unknown), escaped from their farm by jumping a six-foot fence. The...