Hiding one’s light under a bushel?

Posted by Justin on Feb 27, 2013 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Why would a firm of solicitors that is part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) want to hide that fact? Over the past few weeks we have dealt with a number of firms who (according to the Law Society) are members of CQS, but they don’t indicate that on their letterhead or on their website or in their correspondence this seems tantamount to hiding their CQS...
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Reasons to be crotchety – part 1

Posted by Justin on Feb 24, 2013 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Maybe it is a sign of age, but I do find myself becoming quite crotchety with the way things are going in my parts of the legal profession.By the way, I think “crotchety” [irritable], rather than “grumpy” [bad-tempered and sulky], is right: I feel I have reason to be irritated, but it’s not a nice outlook, all the same. Anyway, why am I “crotchety”? Let...
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Joint ownership of property – yet again

Posted by Justin on Jan 15, 2013 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Apparently, joint ownership of property is a hot topic, and the Law Society has published a practice note on the subject
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Joint ownership – an update

Posted by Justin on Jan 14, 2013 in Nelsons' Column | 42 comments I have had a couple of enquiries as a result of my earlier blogpost on joint ownership – in both cases, asking whether a person who is a joint owner as a “tenant in common” can mortgage his or her share in the property separately from the other owner’s share. The answer is, “Yes and no”. Yes, in theory a joint owner who is a tenant in common can mortgage (or...
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Holiday reading

Posted by Justin on Jan 1, 2013 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Back from a week’s holiday iin Sri Lanka – lovely, thanks – and ready to get back to work for the New Year, I thought I would share some of the holiday reading I enjoyed. Most was of the crime/thriller sort – a great way to wind down: John Harvey (Good Bait) Michael Connelly (The Black Box) John Grisham (The Litigators) Ian Ranking (Standing in Another Man’s Grave)...
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Tenterden Pudding Club Christmas lunch

Posted by Justin on Nov 30, 2012 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Well, the Pudding Club’s Christmas lunch went off well again this year, helped in no small part by Keith Rylands “Ice Quiz” which you can find here:  Pudding Club CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2012  Thank you, Keith! If you want the answers, email me. At the lunch, the winner was Ray Robinson of Gibbons Mannington Phipps – or “GMP” as they are [to be] known – with 16...
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