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Proving abandonment of a right of way remains as difficult as ever In a recent case a purchaser who covenanted to erect and maintain a fence between his newly-acquired strip of land and an accessway was held not to have abandoned the right of way…

Unsurprisingly, in the recent case of Braintree District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others 2018, the Court of Appeal has decided that the application of the word "isolated" within the meaning of…

As landlords look to secure the value of their investments in the midst of the current economic uncertainty, we are seeing an increasing number of portfolio re-gears taking place. The basic idea, from the landlord's perspective, is to create…

Many landowners are familiar with the practice of allocating boundary responsibilities in deeds. Generally speaking problems should not arise where future adjoining landowners continue to comply with the previously allocated boundary…