Chancery Division
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Jolley v Carmel Ltd
Contract for sale of land –– Completion conditional on buyer obtaining planning permission –– Change of scheme –– Planning appeal –– Whether implied term that buyer would use reasonable endeavours…
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Blackburn and another v David Alston (Suffolk) Ltd and others
Restrictive covenant – Breach – Estoppel – Defendants wishing to develop land in breach of restrictive covenant in favour of claimants – Whether consent or acquiescence to development – Whether…
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Johnson and others v Whipp and others
Restrictive covenants – Object of covenants – Preservation of character of neighbourhood – Claimants seeking declaration that development of defendants’ land would breach restrictive covenants – Whether claimants entitled to…
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Lambeth London Borough Council v Vincent and persons unknown
Vendor and purchaser — Sale by auction — Notice to complete — Leasehold interest — Purported forfeiture — Title guarantee — Form of registered title — Statutory power to sell…
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Wallis Fashion Group Ltd v CGU Life Assurance Ltd
Landlord and tenant –– Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 –– New tenancy agreement –– Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 –– Construction –– Terms of new tenancy –– Whether terms…
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Pollard and another v Ashurst (trustee in bankruptcy)
Insolvency –– Bankruptcy –– Foreign property –– Trustee in bankruptcy –– Whether trustee entitled to orders relating to possession and sale of foreign property –– Whether Article 16.1 of Brussels…
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Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions v Baylis (Gloucester) Ltd and another
Highways –– Dedication –– Acceptance –– Whether only actual use by the public constitutes acceptance –– Whether local highway authority accepted dedication on behalf of the public –– Consequence of…
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Smith v Brudenell-Bruce and another
Claim to right of way based upon Prescription Act 1832 and doctrine of lost modern grant – Servient owner disputing claimant’s use after tolerating for 23 years – Claimant continuing…
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Northcote Housing Association v Dixon and others
Section 2(2) Misrepresentation Act 1967 – Claimant charity granting leases to persons of limited means – Defendant applying to be put on waiting list – Defendant misrepresenting resources of other…
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Wilson v Halifax plc
Mortgage of residential property – Sale by mortgagee while market depressed – Mortgagee marketing property by inviting offers in excess of stated sum – Whether mortgagee in breach of duty…
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McDonald’s Property Co Ltd v HSBC Bank plc
Landlord entitled to initiate review – Late service of landlord’s trigger notice – Tenant claiming time to be of essence -Tenant claiming that court not bound by House of Lords…