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Home Forums Patrick Cannon Is there performance for SDLT when a sitting tenant buys the freehold? Reply To: Is there performance for SDLT when a sitting tenant buys the freehold?

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Patrick Cannon
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The Stamp Office seems to operate a practice of ignoring pre-existing possession by a purchaser under a separate interestin the land.I have seen a letter from them confirming this but that was about 2 years ago.If this is still the case then possession would not cause substantial performance.