Aston Cantlow v Wallbank [2003] UKHL 37

Chancel Repair Liability: A continuing problem

John de Waal QC provides an overview to CRL and suggests that it may be time to abolish this liability ‘It is the author’s view that CRL is best understood as a form of local tax, rather like a council tax. If one considers the nature of the liability, it is a personal liability attaching …

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Advertorial: Dead and buried?

Brian Chrystal examines changes to overriding interests in light of the looming deadline ‘After 12 October 2013, six of the rights classified as ‘overriding’ will lose a degree of their enforceability but not their actual enforceability.’From midnight on 12 October 2013, there is an interesting change taking place with regard to some of the more …

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Chancel Repair Liability: A year in the life

Amanda Bottaro explains the effect of forthcoming changes in legislation and why property lawyers need to keep a close eye on the approach taken by parish councils ‘Much of the opposition to chancel repair liability stems from its status as an “overriding interest”, which means that the liability binds the property even if there is …

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