Corporate & Commercial

Ferbrache & Farrell LLP’s corporate department offers full service corporate, banking and commercial cover and is able to advise on all aspects of Guernsey corporate and commercial law, including banking and finance, regulatory, investment funds, asset management and listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE).

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12 December 2024
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Dispute Resolution

The dispute resolution department at Ferbrache & Farrell LLP has vast experience of local and international litigation and dispute resolution generally, gained from acting in complex local and international high-value disputes, both in Guernsey and throughout the world.

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12 December 2024
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Property

The Guernsey property department is dedicated to providing tailored solutions that meet and exceed clients’ expectations. In addition, the property department provides support to colleagues in the corporate and dispute resolution departments on real estate-related technical points of law.

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12 December 2024
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UK Real Estate

We are delighted to help in relation to providing legal advice for real estate in England and Wales. We listen. We learn what your needs are. We proactively respond. Whether it’s personal or commercial property, we always provide sound and pragmatic advice, adding value to the transaction.

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12 December 2024
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Private Client

Our services for private client matters include the drafting of realty and personalty wills, acting as professional executors, and assisting foreign lawyers who have requirements in this jurisdiction.

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12 December 2024
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HM Land Registry publishes its monthly transaction data monthly, and the generic release of information for December 2023 (published January 2024) was very informative.

We learn that the South East of England had the greatest number of regional applications (some 300,944 in one month), followed next by Greater London (some 252,332 in one month).

Predictably, activity levels were down in December 2023 as compared to the previous two months, which is not entirely surprising given seasonal celebrations and holidays.

From a local authority perspective, the greatest number of December applications were made by the Birmingham local authority, with the second highest originating from the City of Westminster.

By some considerable margin of activity, the greatest number of HM Land Registry applications were made by InfoTrack Limited. We at Ferbrache & Farrell are pleased to partner with InfoTrack UK to ensure the best service to our clients.

Although we do not profess to be predictors of longer-term market movements, we do nevertheless anticipate an increase in HM Land Registry application activity in January 2024. This may be attributed to the headwinds of economic change now easing back a little, and a number of pieces of positive industry news making the headlines.

We very much look forward to providing updates accordingly.

If you need any further information or legal advice, including conveyancing of a property in England, please contact our designated UKRE team Anna Douglass, Alastair Hargreaves, Caren Vidamour and Naledi Odiseng, who will be delighted to assist.