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Scots standard commercial leases now available

22nd January 2018 | commercial property
Property Standardisation Group's work produces results

Community interests can affect property anywhere

22nd January 2018 | commercial property
Search of register advised in all non-residential sales

First tenants' LBTT three-yearly returns due soon

10th October 2017 | commercial property , tax
Revenue Scotland in change of policy over reminders

Yes, private parking penalties can be enforced

10th October 2017 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Dundee case finds contract established on basis of signs

Letter: why so many rejections?

13th February 2017 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Time for a review of the Keeper's policy

Indemnity covered land transfer outwith option exercise

21st July 2016 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Developer to compensate for transfer under s 75 agreement

Commercial common sense – the latest

19th May 2016 | commercial property
Ordinary and natural meaning applies, even if bad bargain

Sasine Register closed to standard securities

9th April 2016 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Borrowers gain advantage from voluntary registration

Community rights to buy extend across country

9th April 2016 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Potential for compulsory sales also in the pipeline

Letter: information deficit

11th December 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Is disclosure of beneficial ownership no longer being pursued?

Letter: inaccuracies in the register

13th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Are Registers of Scotland staff making more mistakes on title sheets? How big is the problem?

Registers asks for views on Keeper-induced registration

12th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
12-week consultation on further aid to completing Land Register

LBTT rates under scrutiny at Holyrood

12th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial) , tax
Finance Committee considering effect on property market

Letter: not so easy on the eye

7th July 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Can land certificates not be made more readable, rather than just a mass of unformatted text?

Land Register: steps towards completion

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Keeper's key proposals in response to consultation

More property law reforms on the way

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Scottish Law Commission programme has further agenda

Unenforceable burdens

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Many feudal burdens remain on titles but can no longer be enforced

End of the Park, Petitioners problem

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
What the Legal Writings Act will mean in practice for delivery

A complete Land Register?

14th August 2014 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
A case study of the kind of obstacles that lie in the way

Letter: RoS wants to engage

10th October 2013 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
This is your chance to help shape the 2012 Act in practice

Letter: Time to stop the title raiders

8th October 2012 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Extend the jurisdiction of the Lands Tribunal to prevent ransom demands

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