Legal wrap: Railways, beneficial ownership and more EG Legal highlights

This week we cover a broad range of topics, including developing within a railway environment and the effect of rent caps in Scotland. We feature comment on why the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 would make a strong candidate for review by the Law Commission, as well as an article considering the possibility of disclosing beneficial interests on the land register. And last, but by no means least, our Legal Notes column sets out the latest instalment in a case concerning a breach of the right of first refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. Legal news Court of Appeal upholds ruling in Salford North Tower case Freeholder in dispute with receivers over maintenance of common areas Legal features Crossing the tracks – developing in the railway environment Greg Phillips gives an introduction to development within the railway environment Never mind the 1954 Act… The Law Commission should be focusing on the 1995 Act, waiver and forfeiture, MEES and other issues, write Debbie Eliad and Kim Clifford Raising the curtain on beneficial ownership Mark Pawlowski considers the possibility of disclosing beneficial interests on the land register Let the dust settle on rent caps Certainty and consistency in policy is vital to delivering the housing that Scotland needs, writes Steven Dick Rural View: New standards for nature Charles Cowap asks, what are the implications of a proposed new standard for nature investments? Legal Notes: A section 19 order is an interest in land Elizabeth Dwomoh considers a case concerning a breach of the right of first refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 Practice points Possession order properly made against a disabled tenant Reading Borough Council v Holland Claim for trespass by concrete overspill must be pleaded to be pursued Goodmans Autos Ltd v Maverstone Properties Ltd and another Trust insufficient to create mutual wills or proprietary estoppel McLean and others v McLean Equitable lien protected by notice before charge registered is enforceable Williams and another v Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Ltd and others Receivers not liable where vesting of a lease was for the purpose of the receivership Alma Property Management Ltd v Crompton and another Case summaries Alma Property Management Ltd v Crompton and another Landlord and tenant – Specific performance – Repairing covenant Williams and another (as joint administrators of Signature Living Residential Ltd) v Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Ltd (formerly Cortland Trustees Ltd) and others Real property – Agreement for lease – Equitable lien Orbit Housing Association Ltd v Vernon Landlord and tenant – Service charges – Tenancy agreement Pathfield Estates Ltd v Haringey London Borough Council Town and country planning – Enforcement notice – Waiver Law report Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Co Ltd Leasehold enfranchisement – Right to manage – Qualifying tenants For more legal articles and to search our extensive archive, visit EG Legal  To send feedback, e-mail jess.harrold@eg.co.uk or tweet @EGPropertyNews