Legal Ombudsman
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Ground Rent Was Not a Peppercorn: The £18,000 Conveyancing Lesson
A buyer believed the ground rent was a peppercorn. He later discovered a £300 annual rent, a sliding increase and serious mortgageability problems. The resulting £18,000 remedy offers important lessons for conveyancers.
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AI Wrote the Complaint. Does the Client Even Recognise It?
AI can transform a simple conveyancing complaint into pages of allegations, irrelevant authorities and unintended demands. Firms need to find the genuine client concern beneath the artificial volume.