Will Slater on the need to check whether a building is a chattel. Will Slater is a solicitor with the London office of Laytons.
A recent High Court decision in Potton Developments v Thompson and Ennever dramatically highlights the importance of identifying whether the “building” on the land your client is buying is a chattel. It also serves to warn buyers that the most conventional-looking building might be a chattel, the sale of which would require express provision to […]