Chancery Division
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British Waterways Board v London Power Networks plc and another
Electricity wayleave — Grant — Meaning of “land” — Application for wayleave to install cables in service tunnel under dockland water — Para 6 of Schedule 4 to Electricity Act…
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Giles v Hughes
Option to buy granted by lessor — Term expires and lessee holds over — Whether option nevertheless exercisable on lessor’s death
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Chelverton Residential Ltd v Flower and another
Sale of three houses — Each purchaser taking a section of access road serving all three houses — Contract with first defendant purchasers making no express reservation of rights over…
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Pennycook v Shaws (EAL) Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Business lease — Landlord serving notice of termination of tenancy — Tenant’s solicitor erroneously serving counternotice indicating willingness to vacate premises — Tenant’s solicitor serving further…
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London & Argyll Developments Ltd v Mount Cook Land Ltd
Section 1 of Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 — Tenant applying for landlord’s licence to assign — Tenant providing further information on financial status of assignee — Landlord not commenting…
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P&S Platt Ltd v Crouch and another
Section 62 of Law of Property Act 1925 — Riverside hotel enjoying mooring facility — Mooring located on island accessible by footbridge — Defendants selling hotel to claimant without mention…
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Secretary of State for Defence v Spencer and another
Rent review — Appropriate date for purpose of section 12 of, and Schedule 2 to, Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 — Agreement to add small area to holding — Whether agreement…
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Crest Nicholson Residential (South) Ltd v McAllister
Old restrictive covenants — Defendant householder resisting development on ground that no more than one house could be built on each plot — Defendant further contending absolute restriction on building…
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Owen v Blathwayt and others
Claimant enjoying grazing rights over common under 1954 freehold grant — Defendant farmers enjoying like rights under successive leases renewed between 1994 and 1998 — Priority dispute triggered by imposition…
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Healey v Brown and another
Testators making identical wills purporting to dispose of flat — No contract complying with Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 — Surviving testator gifting flat during his lifetime otherwise than…
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Bisichi Mining Ltd v Bass Holdings Ltd
Landlord and tenant –– Rent review –– Date of review –– Rent reviewable in certain specified years “of the said term” –– Meaning of “the said term” –– Whether date…
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Ministry of Defence v Country & Metropolitan Homes (Rissington) Ltd and another
Overage — Buyer obliged to pay additional amount in event of obtaining residential planning consent — Buyer released from overage obligation on one plot if buildings thereon demolished — Buyer…