Chancery Division
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Tietjan and another v Thwaites and another
Conveyance — Rights reserved to vendor and successors — Right to pass and repass with boats — Whether rights personal to vendor — Whether rights passed under section 62 of…
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Walker v Giffen Couch & Archer (a firm)
Negligence — Conveyance of land–Solicitor failing to discover public footpath — Liability conceded — Measure of damages — Whether some conveyancing costs should be allowed — Whether damages for distress
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Carr (H M Inspector of Taxes) v Sayer and another
Industrial building — Plant — Quarantine kennels — Taxpayers claiming capital allowances on expenditure for immovable kennels and other facilities — Whether kennels were plant for capital allowance purposes –…
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Rhoden v Joseph
Transfer — No declaration of trust — Whether resulting trust to transferor — Whether express or implied agreement — Whether purpose of trust unfulfilled — Declaration that property held under…
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Nightingale Finance Ltd v Scott and another
Married couple mortgaging home and investing loan moneys in their own mortgage lending business – Soundness of investment fraudulently misrepresented by agent for plaintiff lender – Whether misrepresentation attributable to…
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JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd and another v Graham and another
Defendants purchasing farm – Claimants owning adjoining land – Claimants granting defendants licence to farm adjoining land – Claimants not replying to defendants’ request to renew licence – Defendants continuing…
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Cavendish Offices & Houses Investments Ltd v Adams
Lease — Underlease — Inability of underlessee to meet rent — Underlessee insolvent — Liquidation — Liquidator disclaiming underlease — Whether disclaimer should be set aside — No evidence of…
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Standard Life Co Ltd v Greycoat Devonshire Square Ltd
Long lease of commercial premises – Lessee obliged to pay additional rent expressed as a percentage of amounts received from occupying tenants – Departing tenant making payment to lessee in…
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C & G Homes Ltd v Secretary of State for Health
Covenants — Dwelling-houses — No business user — No detriment to transferor or other occupiers — Houses occupied by mental patients — Whether breach of covenants — Declaration granted to…
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Storey v Commons Commissioners
Register of common land — Objection to inclusion — Owner acquiring disputed land many years after original conveyance — Whether material factor — Whether land having to devolve with single…
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Little Hayes Nursing Home Ltd v Marshall
Option to purchase freehold — Valuation of property on exercise of option — Dispute on valuation — High Court making declarations as to method of valuation
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Morgan Sindall plc v Sawston Farms (Cambs) Ltd
Plaintiff exercising option to acquire narrow strip adjacent to development site with view to securing access – Price determined by valuer in default of agreement at £130,000 – Plaintiff about…