Chancery Division
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Mortgage Express Ltd v Bowerman & Partners
Mortgage — Valuation of premises to secure loan — Solicitor acting for more than one client — Solicitor becoming aware of information casting doubt on valuation — Failure to inform…
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Westminster City Council v Qureshi and another
Compulsory purchase order — Notice of intention to execute general vesting declaration — Declaration made more than three years after notice of order — Whether order still operative — Whether…
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Edwards and another v Strong and another
Option to purchase — Consideration — Death of vendor intestate — Purported notice to exercise option — Notice addressed to executors — High Court holding that option holder had not…
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Dunbar Bank plc v Nadeem and another
Matrimonial home charged jointly to secure loan – Wife receiving no legal advice – Wife liable as joint mortgagor – Mortgagee seeking to enforce charge – Whether mortgagee taking reasonable…
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Prudential Property Services Ltd v Capital Land Holdings Ltd
Construction — Rent review clause — Landlord giving notice of proposed rent review figure — Tenant’s offered election for rent to be determined by independent surveyor — Lease stipulating election…
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Potton Developments Ltd v Thompson and another
Plaintiff supplying motel with transportable factory-built bedroom units – Dispute on title as between plaintiff and subsequent owner of motel – Whether units fixtures or chattels – What intention to…
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The Mortgage Corporation Ltd v Shaire and others
House in joint names of unmarried couple – Loan secured on 25% beneficial interest of deceased partner – Lender seeking order for sale under section 14 of Trusts of Land…
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Sun Life Assurance Society plc v Tantofex (Engineers) Ltd and Alpha Office Ltd (third party)
First assignee of lease entering into direct covenant with landlord – Landlord licensing second assignment on terms discharging first assignee from liability – Whether original tenant discharged from liability for…
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Briargate Developments Ltd v Newprop Co Ltd
Leasehold interest in shopping centre — Option to purchase — Restriction on assigning benefit — Profit-sharing on resale — Whether breach of restrictions — Whether vendor under obligation to transfer…
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J Sainsbury plc and another v Enfield London Borough Council
Restrictive covenants — Nineteenth-century covenants restricted development — Whether covenants still enforceable — Declaration sought under section 84(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 — Whether covenants annexed to…
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Mammoth Greeting Cards Ltd v Agra Ltd
Rent review — Landlords’ trigger notice — Two months for tenants’ counternotice — Reviewed rent “conclusively fixed” in absence of counternotice — Whether time of the essence — Application by…