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A question of trust?

The importance for property professionals of recognising 'red flags' in conveyancing transactions is underlined by the recent decision in Purrunsing, write James Robins and Ivan Roots

Partitions and vacant possession

David Sawtell and Erol Topal consider the implications of Riverside Park for landlords and tenants with a break clause requiring vacant possession

Roundup of property developments in 2016

Adam Rosenthal considers a cross section of the cases decided this year, including three significant Supreme Court judgments

The air up there

Julian Boswall and Alex Minhinick discuss the road Heathrow still has to travel to a third runway, the increasing importance of air quality in the light of the ClientEarth decisions, and two successful 'reasons' legal challenges

Applications to modify restrictive covenants

To what extent is it relevant that the developer has already carried out building works, committing a deliberate breach of covenant, ask Stephanie Tozer and Emily Windsor

Beware 'excessive' ground rent clauses, conveyancers told

Trade body calls for leasehold reform as Law Commission considers review

The full extent of groundwater flood risk to property

GeoSmart explains how groundwater flooding causes more damage to property, but is the least understood

Conveyancing Association named official partner of ESTAS Conveyancer Awards

Association's operations director 'delighted' to secure partnership