HM Land Registry and the Law Society have released a joint note on property and title fraud. The document highlights examples and key...

Executive Summary: The upper tribunal has held[1] that a defendant who had fraudulently obtained title to a property could not claim...

The Upper Tribunal recently ordered a developer to pay VAT on a redeveloped dwelling after deciding it was a reconstruction of an...

Davitt Jones Bould has been appointed to the West Yorkshire Legal Framework after a competitive tender process. The firm was selected to...

Executive Summary: The Upper Tribunal [1] recently found that student accommodation units were not separate dwellings for the purposes...

DJB has announced today that Louisa Swanton (18 years’ PQE) has joined the firm as a Partner. Louisa advises on all aspects of Commercial...

The Government has been exploring proposals to create a register of overseas companies and other legal entities owning property in the...

DJB has completed the transfer of the Wave Hub to Cornwall Council on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have introduced a professional statement setting out new requirements for its members...

Davitt Jones Bould has been named as a finalist for the Real Estate Legal Team of the Year Award in Estates Gazette’s EG awards. This...

Executive Summary: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that policies for the supply of housing are ‘out of date’ where...

Davitt Jones Bould (DJB) is advising Woking Borough Council in connection with the regeneration of Sheerwater. The real estate law...

Executive Summary: The Court of Appeal has held on the facts that a London townhouse, parts of which had formerly been used as office...

For the fourth year in a row, the Legal Ombudsman received more complaints about conveyancing than any other practice area [1]. Poor...

DJB announces today that Samantha Palmer (14 years’ PQE) has joined the firm as an Associate Director. Samantha advises on all aspects of...

On 2nd March, DJB hosted a table at the Solace Annual Charity Dinner. The dinner was hosted at the Guoman Tower in London by the Society...

DJB advised a Local Authority on the £10 million purchase of a tenanted industrial estate from Threadneedle, who were represented by...

Executive Summary: The Supreme Court has decided[1] that office premises that were undergoing redevelopment work that was so extensive...

The government has released a report on the effectiveness of CIL and suggested reforms to the system. The report has found that CIL has...

HMRC have published a consultation into potential measures to curb the evasion of Tobacco Duty in the UK. Landlords of commercial...

The Government has published the Housing White Paper “Fixing our broken housing market”. The emphasis of the Housing White Paper is the...

We are proud to announce that we have moved our London offices into The Shard. This is a strategic relocation from our Mayfair office...

DJB client, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced a call for evidence with regard to a further...

The UK Government this week published the final text of a bill to create a new type of limited partnership in the UK. The private fund...