Lucy Thacker was brilliant. We appreciated her thoroughness and responsiveness throughout our purchase. Thank you Lucy.…
Casey (Jolanda Peter’s invaluable assistant on my lease extension) deserves equal praise for her exceptional support. With great organisational skills,…
As a landlord in the UK, increasing the rent of your rental property is a common way to keep up…
Inherited properties and the extra 3% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) charge: When could you be caught by the uplift?…
Our Rural Services team is very pleased to announce that we will soon be offering notarial services. Louise Williams, who…
As solicitors, we are duty bound to protect your interests as clients and to protect any money that we hold…
Southeast law firm Moore Barlow has advised Sixpenny Group on the sale of the Gemstone Building, at Manor Royal in…
Earlier this year, the Government published the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper, which sets out a plan of action…
Real Estate Development
Commercial Property
I am a real estate development solicitor specialising in the acquisition and disposal of land…
On 1 October 2022, the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 will come into force. From this date, all private rented…
This case law update comes off the back of Byrne v Harwood-Delgado [2022]
Facts of the case
The tenant moved…
Real estate litigation
Commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes
Restrictive covenants
Trespass
I am an Associate within the real…
I am a partner in the firm’s land development team with expertise in all aspects of land development, but particularly…
I am a qualified senior associate solicitor with over 18 years’ experience in residential property work predominately in the Thames…
Zoe Owen, partner in the plot sales team at Moore Barlow, discusses how modular construction can unlock the UK’s housing…
As many landlords of commercial premises will have been well aware, over the last few years (since March 2020) the…
The UK government has long recognised that the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales are far from fit…
With the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill making its way through Parliament, and the Law Commission proposing ground-breaking reforms to…
Specialisms
Banks and Lenders
I am a paralegal in the rural property department. I assist Charlotte Brackley with the selling…
Specialisms
Real estate litigation
Residential and commercial property disputes
Trespass
Disrepair
Introduction
I act for a broad range of clients…
Specialisms
Lease extensions
Collective enfranchisements
Right of first refusal
Right to manage
General leasehold reform
Introduction
I am a senior…
The UK Government has confirmed that residential tenancy notice periods will return to pre-pandemic timescales from 1 October 2021. The…
I am a Senior associate solicitor within the Real estate disputes team. I seek to provide clear and constructive legal…
Farms and agriculture
Estate management
Land transactions
Commercial property
Notarial services
I am a solicitor in our rural property team,…
BANAIR is a growing UK based engineering group with manufacturing in the UK and Poland, and sales markets mainly in…
The Coronavirus Act 2020 has been amended to change the notice periods for notices served on or after 1 June…
In November last year – following passing of the Agriculture Act 2020 (discussed in the last edition of Rural News)…
From 4 May 2021, the prescribed form of notice seeking possession under section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 will…
In 1964 Bob Dylan sang ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’ and today this song holds particularly true for rural life…
The Government’s indicative roadmap out of lockdown has prompted a boom in both UK and foreign holiday bookings, with the…
Looking after our history
There is something about an English historic house that captures our imagination. We are steeped in…
To provide further clarity for landlords and tenants, on 19 June 2020 the Government published guidance for the commercial property…
In an earlier edition of Rural News, we considered the proposals put forward in the Defra Consultation Paper on Agricultural…
As family lawyers, we work closely with colleagues in other teams to provide expertise to our clients going through relationship…
As I write this from my home office in the New Forest, I’m looking out on a picture-perfect postcard of…
In his Summer Statement the Chancellor announced a temporary reduction in residential stamp duty land tax (SDLT) rates in England…
Residential Development
Acquisitions and Disposals
Real Estate Finance
I am a Senior Associate Solicitor in the Land Development Team, based…
They are a very commendable firm – they are available when needed and help clients understand difficult notions.…
They are very professional, they give prompt, good advice and they have very good resourcing.…
At Moore Barlow, property is at the core of what we do. Our expert lawyers work collaboratively across anetwork of…
A strong presence in the South. High quality team with excellent high net worth client base.…
Moore Barlow punch well above their weight in terms of real estate litigation, dealing with complex disputes on behalf of…
Easy to approach. All round professional team who clearly enjoy what they do and display good interaction between their respective…
The Southampton team is competent, excellent at working to deadlines, approachable. Typically very close to quote.…
The firm has a fantastic array of staff displaying competence in all manner of legal issues. Moore Barlow is a…
Moore Barlow has many clients who are family businesses. From entrepreneurial investment vehicles, to landed estates and rural businesses, to…
Partners Mark Grant and Richard Hughes lead team on transactions in Hertfordshire and Staines worth £56.1m.
Moore Barlow has advised…
Clare Andrews looks at the cut in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and what it means for the housing market.…
Buying a house is often one of the largest investments that we make, making it one of life’s most significant…
I undertake all aspects of property law including the acquisition, letting and disposal of commercial and residential land and buildings.…
Commercial property
Landlord and tenant
I am an Associate in the commercial property department. I assist clients with all aspects…
Commercial leases
Property sales and acquisitions
Secured lending
Land development
Property support for our Corporate Department
Since qualifying as a…
Landlord and tenant
Freehold and leasehold
I have worked as Commercial Property lawyer for over 10 years gaining experience of…
Property sales and acquisitions
Commercial leases
Land development
Property finance
My role at Moore Barlow is to head the commercial…
Commercial property law
Residential property law
My role is chair of the real estate division at Moore Barlow.
I have…
I buy and sell high value rural property: large country houses with land, farms and landed estates. I have worked…
In current times many tenants are finding themselves in financial trouble and will be looking at ways to keep their…
On 27th March 2020, the Government published the new Practice Direction 51Z – in relation to residential possession proceedings during…
The Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force on 26 March 2020, and is a wide-ranging means of support to almost…
Real estate litigation
Residential possession claims
Residential Landlord and Tenant
Commercial property disputes
I am a Solicitor in our Southampton…
I am a Partner at our Southampton and Lymington offices and part of the Commercial Property team.
I have many…
Landlord and Tenant
Acquisitions and disposals
Development
I am a Partner within the Commercial Property team based in our Southampton…
Commercial Property
I am a paralegal in the firm’s Commercial Property team, working with banks and lenders in relation to…
I am an assocaite solicitor and plot sales manager in the residential property team helping people buy and sell their…
I qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in 2005 specialising in Residential Property and I…
As a Partner, team leader for our Rural, Town & Country teams in Lymington, Mentor, Professional Deputy and overall Head…
I am a partner in the firm specialising in supporting clients with commercial property and development work, some of which…
I am a Partner in the firm’s land development team with over ten years experience in property law. I advise…
I am a partner advising clients on all areas of real estate litigation and dispute resolution.
My clients include developers,…
Farming and landed estates
Commercial property
I support clients with the sale, purchase and lettings of rural property — both…
Land development
Land promotion
Secured lending
I am a highly experienced partner working in property. I specialise in supporting clients…
I am an associate solicitor on the firm’s real estate team, working for clients on a variety of property transactions.…
I am a paralegal in the Richmond property team. I have particular expertise supporting and guiding clients through the conveyancing…
I work with private clients through to multinational companies involved with multi-million pound transactions.
Many of my clients specialise in…
My client base is focussed on acting for landed estates, farms, vineyards, equestrian businesses and landowners, and supporting them with…
Land development
Real estate
Leisure
Marine
Rural
I specialise in assisting clients with the purchase and management of commercial investment…
I am an associate in the firm’s commercial property team, advising banks and lenders.
I advise receivers appointed on various…
I am a partner in our commercial property team and also the head of our Real Estate division.
My role…
I am a senior plot sales conveyancer working with the land development team. I support clients who are selling new-build…
I practice in the land development team and work with some of the country’s leading national and regional house builders.…
New landlord electrical safety regulations means that private sector landlords will have to carry out mandatory five-year electrical safety checks…
Two new pre-action protocols were introduced on 13 January 2020. These were a new and revised pre-action protocol for possession…
Many roles in the UK require employees to live close to their place of work.
Sometimes, employees are required to…
The recent decision in The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v. Vauxhall Motors Ltd [2019] has expanded the Court’s jurisdiction…
There are many ways of putting redundant agricultural buildings back into use. Diversification can help stabilise the farm across the…
The High Court has recently confirmed that receivers appointed over individual borrowers can issue possession proceedings against those borrowers. Until…
Hook and another v. Hawkins [2019] UKUT 147 (LC)…
South Coast Property Awards recognises Moore Blatch’s exceptional year…
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Mark Grant has joined Moore Blatch as a partner in its land development team. Mark joins from Gateley Plc where…
The recent case of Banner Homes Limited v St Albans City and District Council illustrates how the Asset of Community…
At Moore Blatch, we regularly act for purchasers who are based in London and other urban centres who are looking…
Leading law firm Moore Blatch LLP has advised Allum & Sidaway, an award-winning chain of jewellers, on their recent refinance…
Rural and agricultural properties and Estates often have boundaries that are not clearly demarcated by physical boundary structures. …
To lawfully obtain possession of residential property where the tenant has not voluntarily vacated (or surrendered possession), you will require…
As was widely-reported and subsequently consulted upon by the Department for Communities and Local Government earlier in the year, the…
From April 2018 it is now a legal requirement for all new private tenancies to be of properties with an…
Local authorities in England and Wales are able to designate specified areas within their jurisdiction for selective licensing schemes. Landlords…
What is a Section 21 Notice?…
The retail and leisure experts within the real estate team at Moore Blatch’s City of London office is delighted to…
As part of its plans to tackle the UK’s housing crisis the government has of late been concentrating on the…
There are different rules for termination of assured shorthold tenancies granted before 1 October 2015 to those granted after, when…
Southampton based real estate solicitors Dempster Binning will join Moore Blatch in a deal that offers expanded services to both…
Moore Blatch solicitors, which has offices in Southampton, Lymington, the City of London and Richmond, has announced 17 firm-wide promotions…
On 5 April 2018, the Land Registry registered the first digitally signed mortgage deed.…
Moore Blatch’s corporate and property teams have advised the shareholders of ICS Group Holdings Limited (ICS Cool Energy) on the…
Moore Blatch, a top 100 law firm, has boosted their Land Development team with the appointment of residential and commercial…
It will come as no surprise to many of you that even with a lack of resources in personnel and…
At sunset, viewers are treated to the viewing of classic film favourites. I watched Notting Hill, but other films such…
Moore Blatch, a top 100 law firm with offices in Southampton, Lymington, Richmond and the City of London, has been…
Moore Blatch, has appointed Chris Marsden as a partner specialising in dispute resolution and real estate disputes.…