Chancery Division
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Moroney v Isofoam Investments SA
Sale of two underleases for £385,000 subject to contract – Lock-out agreement precluding negotiations with others for period of seven days following receipt of “documents” – Purchaser refused sight of…
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Lloyds Bank plc v Parker Bullen
Overdraft secured on long lease – Solicitor failing to inform lender of onerous covenants – Lender reaching disadvantageous agreement with borrower – Court satisfied that lender would have proceeded in…
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Blue Circle Industries plc v Ministry of Defence
Pollution of land from escape of radioactive substances — Polluted and about to be sold — Prospective purchaser withdrawing — Liability under Nuclear Installation Act 1965 — Amount of compensation…
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Lovett v Fairclough and others
Trespass — Claims of piscary — River Tweed — Boundary between England and Scotland — Proper law of immovables — Position of medium filum — Whether profit appurtenant or in…
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Belchers Pubs Ltd v Sodey
Plaintiff about to buy freehold of public house – Defendant interested in taking six-year lease – Plaintiff relaying to defendant turnover and profit information imparted to plaintiff by vendors -…
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MK Stadium Ltd v Commission for the New Towns
Plaintiff using owner’s land for car parking as from 1982 – Permanent surfacing not begun before 1988 – Whether earlier use amounted to taking of possession – Whether claimants then…
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Safe Haven Investments Inc v Springbok Ltd
Leasehold interest — Sale agreed — Deposit paid — Purchaser alleging misrepresentation concerning sublease — Purported rescission of contract — Vendor alleging repudiation by purchaser — Whether vendor entitled to…
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Hurley v Rectory Homes Ltd and others
Conveyance – Land for residential development – 1922 covenant restricting number of houses to be built on each plot – Reservation to vendor of right to control building development -…
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Al-Sabah v Ali and others
Informally appointed managing agent disposing of properties after forging owner’s signature and falsely representing that he was authorised to instruct defendant solicitors to act in disposal – Solicitors failing to…
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City of London Corporation v Bovis Construction Ltd
Nuisance — Construction site noise — Noise suffered by neighbours — Notices served by local authority under section 60 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 — Noise made by…
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Nationwide Building Society v Lewis and another
Plaintiff instructing defendant solicitors to advise on property offered as mortgage security – Solicitors advising security sufficient – Plaintiff suffering loss after realising security and alleging negligence – Whether second…