Do I have to use my estate agent’s chosen mortgage broker? (Financial Times)
10 May 2022
The Financial Times has featured a piece from Jayna Patel answering whether you should use an estate agent's…
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More clarity on the applicability of the mixed-use rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax
7 April 2021
The Upper Tribunal ("UT") have recently provided some more clarity on whether the residential or…
International Women’s Day 2021
8 March 2021
As part of International Women's Day we have some excellent articles from our experts aimed at helping women…
Covid-19 - evictions delayed to 31 March 2021
15 February 2021
The Housing Secretary gave occupiers a Valentine's present this weekend by extending the date from which…
Boundary Disputes – a new scheme
20 November 2020
From Peter Bourke, Senior Partner
As part of my extracurricular activity I am the current chairman of the…
How COVID-19 has affected the land market
29 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the property market as a whole, with sales and…
The Wilsons Magazine Spring/Summer 2020 edition is out now
17 March 2020
The Spring/Summer 2020 edition of the Wilsons magazine is out now. This edition features the usual mixture of…
Restrictive covenants – refuse, release or relax?
7 February 2020
As the demand for housing continues to outstrip supply in the UK, the practice of infill building (constructing…
What are commercial lease dilapidations?
20 November 2019
In this series of articles we will be looking at commercial lease dilapidations. Our focus is to look at…
The end of the Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill
5 November 2019
The Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill was introduced onto the House of Lords in July 2017. It…
To Pay or Not to Pay – that is the question? (For agricultural tenants under a 1986 tenancy)
2 July 2019
Peter Bourke takes a look at the latest High Court decision in the (very) long series of battles between the…
Peter Bourke and Torsten White comment on the current DEFRA Agricultural Tenancy consultation
30 May 2019
DEFRA have released a consultation paper on agricultural tenancy law reform to see if changes in the law can…
Wilsons Magazine Spring/Summer 2019 is out now
17 May 2019
The Spring/Summer edition of our biannual magazine is out now and is a mixture of the usual thought-provoking…
Buying historic or listed buildings: things to consider
21 March 2019
Older buildings can have much to offer a potential buyer. You may be buying rural land which includes historic…
Agrilaw – February 2019
22 February 2019
The biggest conference held by Wilsons in 2019 so far, Agrilaw 2019: Issues facing a diversified rural business…
Time for registration?
26 November 2018
In this article, Sarah Secker, a commercial property specialist, comments on the Land Registry's registration…
Does your livery business qualify for business property relief?
16 November 2018
The Upper Tax Tribunal has recently upheld a First Tier Tribunal decision that a livery business in…
Land Options for Landowners – pause before you press submit
18 April 2018
Pressure to ease Britain's housing crisis means more landowners are being wooed by developers looking for…