Property Blog

• Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022

  • PostedNovember 3, 2022
  

  The Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) 2022 (‘the Act’), was signed into law on the 29th of October 2022, as a temporary safeguard for tenants from...

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• European Central Bank increases mortgage interest rates for the second time with more to come

  • PostedSeptember 19, 2022
  

  In July, the European Central Bank (ECB) made the decision to increase mortgage rates for the first time in over a decade. At the time, the ECB warned against the...

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• The benefits of the new corporate trustee option for GAA clubs

  • PostedAugust 24, 2022
  

  The GAA (the ‘Association’) have recently introduced the option of the Corporate Trustee to act as trustee of clubs. This article summarises some of the main points to consider for...

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• Lavelle Partners Property Team recognised again by the Legal 500 EMEA 2022

  • PostedApril 15, 2022
  

  Lavelle Partners’ Property team has been recognised again by the Legal 500 EMEA 2022 edition. The Legal 500 is internationally recognised as the clients’ guide to the best law firms,...

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• High Court Decision in Promontoria (Oyster) DAC v Fox [2022] poses questions for lenders and the extent that registered liens affect Land Registry Property

  • PostedMarch 31, 2022
  

  It was previously common practice to create an equitable mortgage over a property by deposit of the land certificate with the lender. This was a common informal method of creating...

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• Continuing increases in residential house prices in 2022

  • PostedMarch 14, 2022
  

  Residential house prices rose 14.4% nationally in the year to December 2021, with house prices outside Dublin increasing by 15.4% and in the capital by 13.1%. This marked an acceleration...

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