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From i-Phones to commercial property, we are all being influenced by convergence in our thinking and in what we expect from a wide range of products and services. Corporate occupiers are striving to meet business objectives which now, amongst other things, incorporate “green goals” as well as more traditional business outputs. Similarly, commercial property advisers are widening their service offering in respose to client demand. Continue reading →

A good time for businesses to invest in new facilities?    At Trilogie we think so. Procuring a new build manufacturing facility, distribution depot or office block in an uncertain economic climate might seem like a daunting task, but before you … Continue reading →

Dilapidations Claims An often overlooked liability in a tenant’s lease is the cost of dilapidations. Most leases will have a repairing obligations clause which will require the tenant to put the building back into an agreed state during the lease … Continue reading →

Adverse Possession
Adverse Possession is the term in law which describes the ability of an occupier of land who has been in occupation without the permission of the landowner and for a period exceeding 12 years, to claim the land for himself.
Although the law changed in 2003, it is not retrospective and two recent cases relating to farmland were found in favour of the occupier rather than the paper Title owner. As a consequence, the owners lost land with substantial development potential.
The messages are clear:-
Register your land with the Land Registry if not already done
Check the status of any occupier of your land
Formalise any occupancy with a suitable Tenancy or Licence
For further information see the HYPERLINK “http://www.trilogiecre.com/vx/exchange-admin/articles/adverse-posession—a-cautionary-tale.asp”
full paper here or contact:-
Richard EatonProperty Litigation PartnerBirketts LLP24-26 Museum StreetIpswichSuffolk IP1 1HZ 
DD 01473 406291Email richard-eaton@birketts.co.uk
OR
Richard Cooper Trilogie CRENeptune HouseMercury ParkWooburn GreenBuckinghamshire HP10 0HH
DD 01628 811277
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A study published at the end of 2009 by the Engineering Employers’ Federation and BDO Stoy Hayward, reported that one in seven companies has repatriated at least some of their production to the UK in the last two years.  The main … Continue reading →