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The 2013 Budget included a number of plans that will impact on the property market, a few of these are: Help to buy initiative & the Battersea Power Station The Chancellor made an early nod to the regeneration of Battersea Power Station, a project that will bring a huge number of new homes to the… Continue reading Initiatives for the residential property market – Budget 2013

The government is to limit unfair dismissal awards to a year’s salary, employment relations minister Jo Swinson has said. She said the government had decided not to abolish the overall cap of £72,300. Swinson said the government would not set guideline awards for settlement agreements (formerly referred to as compromise agreements) but had asked Acas… Continue reading Unfair dismissal awards to be limited to a year’s salary…

    We are delighted to announce to our clients and business partners that Ola Leslie has been awarded accreditation under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. The Conveyancing Quality Scheme is a quality standard set up by the Law Society to establish a high level of credibility with clients, lenders, regulators and insurers. A… Continue reading Ola Leslie Solicitors London Bridge Achieve Conveyancing Quality Scheme Accreditation

The temporary exemption which meant that first-time buyers were free from the 1% stamp duty on homes costing under£250,000 is due to end on 24th March 2012. The reason given by the  Government for the removal of the exemption which was first granted in March 2010, is that is has been ineffective in increasing the… Continue reading SDLT Relief for First Time Buyers to end March 2012

  From 19th December 2011, the UK Government has introduced appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals. People who want to appeal against a decision notice dated 19 December 2011 or later will need to pay a fee. The fees are now set at £80 for a paper consideration and £140 for an… Continue reading Fees and other changes introduced for Immigration Appeals

On 01 July 2011, one of Ola Leslie Solcitor’s clients Mr W contacted us in a bit of a panic. He had returned from a business trip to find that his tenant had vacated the property without notice, and there were squatters his £1m investment property, within an upscale apartment block in Paddington, London. We… Continue reading Ola Leslie Solicitors Evicted Squatters from a £1mil Residential Flat in Paddington, London

A property developer who disguised his £500,000 house as a hay barn to evade planning laws has lost his legal fight after battling all the way to the Supreme Court. The story has been widely reported in the Newspapers. Mr.Beesley originally obtained planning permission for the barn on condition that it was used only for the… Continue reading Court rules against house disguised as barn

  A new street level crime map has been launched to give real facts on crime and anti-social behaviour. You enter your location, and get instant access to street-level crime maps and data, as well as details of your local policing team. What effect will it have on the way we search for property to… Continue reading New Crime Map – Will it change the way we shop for homes?