What’s wrong with pubs?

Posted by Justin on Mar 6, 2013 in beer, English Pub, pubs, small towns | 0 comments The actual question: As the “Pubs Officer” for the local branch of CAMRA I received this email from a university student – From: XXX Sent: 06 March 2013 11:25 To: pubs@camra-afrm.org.uk Subject: Story on pubs vs supermarkets Hi Justin, My name’s xxx. I’m at XXX University. I’m doing a story on how...
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Three simple steps to selling your house

Posted by Justin on Mar 5, 2013 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments 1: Instruct Nelsons 2: Answer the buyer’s conveyancer’s questions (this is where we can REALLY help) 3: Decide on a moving date What could be simpler? 🙂 OK – it is rarely as simple, but it is an ideal we strive for, and we can help out with any title problems and often with practical problems, too – Justin
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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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