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New stamp duty rates on property purchases Published: 18 January 2021
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Viberts shortlisted in the 2021 Citywealth IFC Awards for ‘Law Firm of the Year – Jersey’. Published: 16 December 2020
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Viberts announces its expansion with nine new employees joining the firm Published: 9 November 2020
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Property law specialist Paul Harben joins Viberts as partner Published: 20 October 2020
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Senior Conveyancing Manager, Chris Duverger celebrates 50 years in the role Published: 1 September 2020
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COVID-19 and the Jersey property market Published: 14 May 2020
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Reasonableness and residential tenancies – an update for residential tenants and landlords Published: 24 April 2020
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Commercial landlords and tenants: Reasonableness is key Published: 20 April 2020
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Coronavirus and construction contracts Published: 3 April 2020
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Commercial tenants – proactive measures to consider Published: 27 March 2020
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Viberts appoints Solicitors, Oliver Hughes and Emily Paris-Hunter Published: 5 March 2020
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Six things you should never forget when buying a property Published: 13 June 2019
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A Helping Hand through the Door Published: 14 February 2019
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Conveyancing: It’s about far more than just property Published: 26 July 2018
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The Devil is in the Detail Published: 26 July 2018
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The foreshore: where do you draw the (water)line? Published: 11 September 2017
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New building levy in Jersey Published: 19 July 2017
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The issue of parking when buying property Published: 17 May 2017
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Clear contracts avoid murky waters for land owners Published: 25 October 2016
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The new housing and work law legislation has arrived Published: 28 September 2016
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Planning some changes? Published: 28 September 2016
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Buying your first home together Published: 28 September 2016
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Two generation homes Published: 28 September 2016
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Land transfer tax Published: 28 September 2016
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New year, new you, new business Published: 28 September 2016
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Business leases – MOT before you start the journey Published: 28 September 2016
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A property snap shot What’s new in the legal property world? The answer is quite a bit, but first, news about the market.
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Putting down roots: business leases & security of tenure Jersey has introduced a law to protect residential tenants (Residential Tenancies (Jersey) Law, 2011) but what about businesses? Should they continue to be ignored and left unprotected?
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Strawberry fields forever? You have bought your beautiful home with a fantastic rural outlook but has the conveyancer done their job?
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Seymour Villa & Seymour Cottage – a planning tale The court’s dim view of the Planning Minister’s inconsistent approach on the same point which the court had considered four months earlier
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Tenants’ deposits: are they now “safe as houses”? Residential landlord and tenant law in Jersey was sparse and the legal position of both landlords and tenants was far from clear.
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Shaky completions in Jersey’s Royal Court Purchasers can be left homeless and the effect of the broken link then ripples down the entire buying chain.
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New leases – what a landlord now needs to know The news has recently been full of reports of property prices being hoicked up at the last minute, leaving buyers with a dilemma; stick or twist?
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Is court that bad? The role of the arbitrator Arbitration clauses appear regularly in all kinds of documents. If you read a commercial lease (for a warehouse or shop for example) then it is likely to include an arbitration clause.
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Making home improvements? Do your homework first Home-owners are presented with the dilemma of whether to spend money improving their current home instead of moving up the property ladder.
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The quirkiest restrictions found in Jersey property deeds Many people do not know that restrictive covenants are normally created forever and are often still enforceable hundreds of years later.
Briefings
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Tout tel under scrutiny How far does the tout tel clause in a contract protect a vendor when selling their Jersey property?
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Contract of purchase found to be binding in boundary dispute between neighbours The Royal Court has recently been faced with a boundary dispute where the boundary between the properties was clear but the right to the land just beyond the boundary was disputed between neighbours.
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Property planning appeals – how long have I got? Do you have the right to appeal a planning decision even if you're just out of the deadline?