Blooming banks!

Posted by Justin on Mar 10, 2009 in Abaddons Musings, banks | 0 comments See BBC news item (thanks, Laurence for your Tweet) – I’m glad I’m with HSBC; so far, at least, they seem to be behaving as normally and as helpfully as banks ever do!
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Searches – what are they all about?

Posted by Justin on Mar 8, 2009 in Blogs, business, buying, buying-pubs, English Pub, law, legal, legal-procedure, pub-buying, pub-sale, pub-sales, pubs, selling, solicitor | 0 comments Lawyers often talk about “the searches”, but what do they mean? The main search is the “local search” – strictly, a search in the register of local land charges maintained by the local district or borough council (or unitary authority), combined with a range of enquiries raised with that council, all in relation to the property being searched against – not in...
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Stage 3: Checking the paperwork

Posted by Justin on Mar 7, 2009 in Blogs, business, buying, buying-pubs, English Pub, law, legal, legal-procedure, pub-buying, pub-sale, pub-sales, pubs, selling, solicitor | 0 comments This is where the Buyer’s solicitor can get his (or her) teeth into things: going through the lease (if the pub is leasehold) and the other title documents, checking for defects or problems, raising enquiries about any problems as well as a wide range of other enquiries about the property and the business, and reporting to the Buyer on what is found. It is important that the Buyer and the...
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The White Dog at Ewhurst Green

Posted by Justin on Mar 7, 2009 in Abaddons Musings, Uncategorized | 0 comments A truly excellent meal yesterday evening at the White Dog, now run by Bill and Jacqui Tipples – gorgeous Rye Bay scallops to start, and pork saltimbocca as a main course; truly excellent food!The beer wasn’t bad, either: Fuller’s London Pride and a well-kept pint of Harvey’s Sussex bitter
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Trade guilds against HIPs?

Posted by Justin on Mar 7, 2009 in Abaddons Musings, conveyancing, HIPs, lawyers, legal system | 0 comments Entrenched interests always fight change – see Seth’s Blog – which may be why so many vested interests undermine Home Information Packss (apart from the fact that their implementation was, and remains, crap, of course!)In addition, those who are merely competent will resist change, because it undermines their competenceHowever, I do find that a well-prepared HIP (with, for...
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