Property Law

Conveyancing solicitors have raised concerns about a change of practice at the Land Registry meaning that rejected applications no longer come with an explanation for the decision.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced a new initiative aimed at improving the experience of moving house in Northern Ireland. The inaugural Conveyancing Week, which has been launched by the Law Society in partnership with Propertynews.com, is taking place from 16–20 October 2023.

Aoife Brannigan and David Phelan of RDJ LLP outline the Land Development Agency's powers to acquire land privately and highlight what the application process for private land owners entails. The Land Development Agency (LDA) performs the functions given to it under the Land Development Agency Act 20

The Court of Appeal has held that a fund was entitled to argue in the course of well-charging proceedings that the debtor created an equitable charge over the property. The High Court had determined that the plaintiff could not raise this argument because the plaintiff was not able to rely on a lien

More than nine in 10 property professionals believe that streamlining planning would have the biggest impact on boosting housing supply in Ireland, according to a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran — but only four per cent feel that a new government would have the most signif

The Law Reform Commission has today published a report on the Compulsory Acquisition of Land. The report comprises a draft Bill, entitled the Acquisition of Land Bill 2023, as well as five chapters explaining the approach pursued by the Commission in reaching its conclusions. The report deals solely

Six board members and a chairperson have been appointed to Tailte Éireann, the state body newly established through a merger of the Property Registration Authority, Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland. David McGarry has been selected as prospective chair of Tailte Éireann, whi

UK law firm TLT has appointed Belfast-based renewable energy development expert David Miller as partner in the firm’s UK-wide real estate team. Mr Miller has over a decade of experience advising on the investment, sale and development of renewable energy projects as well as advising landowners

Stuart Nevin, principal associate in the Belfast office of Shoosmiths, analyses the trends in Northern Ireland's real estate market.

A new centralised agency will provide a property registration system, property valuation service and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State is set to be established following the approval of legislation. The Tailte Éireann Bill 2022 yesterday completed its journey through

The High Court has granted a declaration that certain monies owed by defendants to a plaintiff on foot of a mortgage loan were well-charged against a property despite the court not being satisfied that adequate particularisation of the underlying debt had been provided. On the evidence in the case,

Michael Walsh, partner at ByrneWallace LLP, shares details of the Law Society of Ireland's work to streamline and speed up the pace of property conveyancing. Amid discussions about stimulating supply to meet the housing crisis, and necessary planning reform, rumblings continue about the property tra

ByrneWallace LLP has shaken up the leadership of its property group, with Michael Walsh becoming chair of the group and Alison O'Sullivan succeeding him as its head. Mr Walsh has over 20 years' partner-level experience and has led the firm's property team – the largest in Ireland – since

Communities would get a greater share of increases in land value arising from local authority planning decisions and public investment in infrastructure under legislative proposals from the government. The general scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones’ Bill was published

Legislation removing this month's deadline to register rights of way with the Property Registration Authority (PRA) has come into effect. The enactment of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2021 today repeals a number of changes to the law on prescriptive easements and profits à prendre