Chancery Division
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Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd v Marks & Spencer plc
Landlord granting lease – Service charge calculated by reference to rateable value – Tenant appealing against rateable value – Landlord calculating service charge by reference to wrong rateable value -…
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BriTel Developments (Thatcham) Ltd v Nightfreight (Great Britain) Ltd
Defendant’s predecessor executing deed giving plaintiff right to construct drains on designated part of predecessor’s land – Only certain provisions expressed in favour plaintiff’s land – Defendant acquiring non-designated part…
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Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions v Baylis (Gloucester) Ltd and anot
Express dedication of strip adjoining highway – Whether immediate dedication intended – Little use thereafter by public – Whether dedication nevertheless accepted – Title to surface of strip vesting in…
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Tuck and another v Baker and others
Sale of land — Pre-emption clause — Purchasers agreeing to give vendors offer — Offer to be accepted within two months — Offer made and withdrawn — Vendors purported to…
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TSB Bank plc v Botham
Sale by mortgagee — Whether specified items annexed to property were fixtures — High Court holding items subject to mortgage — Declaration that items were fixtures — Bank entitled to…
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Underground (Civil Engineering) Ltd v Croydon London Borough Council
Agreement — Obligation to put up building — Obligation to grant and take lease on completion of building — Long lease — Threat of compulsory purchase — Building not completed…
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Barclays Bank plc v Caplan and Others
Wife charging jointly owned house to secure husband’s unlimited guarantee against indebtedness of three companies – Legal advice received on more limited commitment agreed 12 months previously – Whether charge…
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Prudential Nominees Ltd v Greenham Trading Ltd
Business premises — Lease — Rent review clause — Concept of rent-free period and headline rent — Upwards only review — Construction of rent review provision — High Court holding…
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Frogmore Developments Ltd v Shirayama Shokusan Co Ltd and others
Planning permission obtained to develop site into hotel and offices – Defendant obtaining part of site and building hotel – Defendant’s lease containing term granting right of light – Plaintiff…
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Rajdev v Becketts (a firm)
Rent review — Defendants acting for plaintiff lessee — Appointment of independent surveyor — Request for written representations — Rent determined — Whether defendants negligent in failing to submit representations…
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CP Holdings Ltd v Dugdale and others
Plaintiff exercising option to acquire vehicle way over disused railway line – Defendants later buying line with intention of resuming intermittent railway use – Whether defendants entitled to construct a…
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Logicrose Ltd v Southend United Football Club Ltd
Company owning property — Director granting licence — Payment of fee to offshore company — Whether agreement licence — Whether agent had authority — Effect of transaction — Whether principal…