Land registry

• The registration gap: what’s the problem?

  • PostedSeptember 25, 2024

  Since registration of the majority of land transactions became compulsory by the end of 1990, there has always been a “registration gap”. This refers to the time between the completion...

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• Selling part of your business property

  • PostedNovember 10, 2020

  If your business no longer needs all the land that it owns, then selling part of your property for development can be a good way to release capital to invest...

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• Public Rights of Way: what does it mean for landowners, farm managers and walkers?

  • PostedOctober 15, 2020

  Where is your boundary? Who owns a hedge, a ditch, a boundary? Where is that footpath? All these are common issues in land ownership. Many have a new passion for...

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• Getting ready for the final countdown and lockdown?

  • PostedSeptember 21, 2020

  At Ashtons Legal, we saw a spike in footpath and public access enquiries at the beginning of lockdown. Harvest and post-harvest cultivation mean further chaos, as some paths are temporarily...

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