Chancery Division
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Wilson and another v Axelrods
Company surrendering lease of fourth-floor premises and taking lease of third floor – Company pension trustees taking lease and granting licence to assign to company – Trustees personally liable if…
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Kensington Pension Developments Ltd v Royal Garden Hotel (Oddeninos) Ltd
Rent review — Hypothetical lease — Extent of property to be demised — Effect of obligation to contribute towards development — Assessment of rent
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British Waterways Board v Anglian Water Authority and others
Licence granted by water authority — Abstraction of water causes replacement from canal owned by BWB — Whether licence ultra vires — Whether removal of water from canal — Judgment…
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Pembroke St Georges Ltd v Cromwell Developments Ltd
Rent review periods — Application by landlords before beginning of each period — Delay — Whether landlords lost right to review — Whether time of the essence — Judgment for…
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Bradford & Bingley Building Society v Day and another
Building society giving loan partly secured by collateral charges granted by defendants – Plaintiff seeking to realise security – Defendants seeking to have security set aside on grounds of misrepresentation…
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Hallisey v Petmoor Developments Ltd
CPR Part 24 – Summary proceedings for specific performance of landlord’s covenant to repair “main structure” of block of flats – Disrepair affecting terrace enjoyed by rooftop flat above claimant’s…
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Finger Lickin Chicken Ltd v Ganton House Investments Ltd
Construction — Rent review dates — Underlease drafted to follow headlease — Whether dates same as in headlease — Whether rent review procedure in accordance with dates — Lessor’s construction…
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Bradley (HMIT) v London Electricity plc
Electricity substation — Structure holding equipment for carrying on business of electricity company — Whether substation was “plant” for purposes of claiming writing down allowances — High Court holding substation…
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Elland Developments Ltd v Smith and others
Sale of land — Solicitor acting for vendor and purchaser in same transaction — Possessory title only — Problems with resale of land — Action against solicitors for alleged negligence…
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Platform Home Loans Ltd v Oyston Shipways Ltd and others
Plaintiff lending funds on security of residential property — Defendants providing written valuations — Plaintiffs lending money on that basis — Borrower defaulting — Security inadequate and plaintiff suffering loss…
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Governing Body of Henrietta Barnett School and another v Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute and anoth
State voluntarily aided school — Defendant institute setting up educational trust — School housed in institute building and grounds — Institute giving notice to school to quit — Validity of…
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Shelley and others v United Artists Corporation Ltd
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Lease and sublease — Sublessor serving notice to terminate sublease — Sublessee applying to court for renewal of sublease — Sublessor serving notice on…