Chancery Division
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Inntrepreneur Pub Co (CPC) v Langton and another
Landlord and tenant — Forfeiture — Relief — Section 38 of Supreme Court Act 1981 — Tenant commencing collateral claim against landlord for damages — Whether tenant entitled to relief…
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Parc Battersea Ltd and another v Hutchinson
Landlord and tenant — Assignment — Whether grant of subtenancy operated as assignment of term — Whether assignment arose on oral agreement — Whether section 53 of the Law of…
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Babacomp Ltd v Rightside Properties Ltd
Contract of sale of house in Mornington Terrace–Purchaser subsequently offers to take subject to tenancies at reduced price–Offer held conditional on swift completion, which did not occur–Deposit repayable, and further…
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Van Haarlam and another v Kasner and another
Landlord and tenant — Whether right of forfeiture waived — Whether tenant entitled to relief from forfeiture in relation to breach of a covenant not to use the premises for…
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Harlow Development Corporation v Cox Bros (Butchers) Ltd
Principle by which breach of a negative covenant is restrained in equity almost as of right does not apply in full force to applications for interlocutory relief–Injunction pending trial to…
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Du Boulay and others v Raggett and another
Auction — Land offered at auction — Agreement between prospective bidders that one would bid for all and that, if the bid were successful, the land would be divided between…
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Halliard Property Co Ltd v Jack Segal Ltd and others
Law of Property Act 1925–Application for leave to amend statement of claim–Additional ground for forfeiture–Landlord claiming to re-enter on bankruptcy of surety–Whether statutory notice must be served under section 146–Notice…
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Crisp v Mullings
House bought by unmarried couple–Both names on transfer and mortgage, but deposit and outgoings paid by man alone–Woman held to obtain no beneficial interest, despite point as to payments by…
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Tote Bookmakers Ltd v The Development & Property Holding Co Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent-review clause in lease — Arbitration Act 1950, section 27 — Appeal by lessees from refusal by chancery master of their application under section 27 for…
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Smith v Morrison and another; Smith v Chief Land Registrar and others
Competing purchasers–First purchaser’s application to lodge cautions held up by difficulties of identification, second purchaser obtains a clear official search and lodges transfer for registration within priority period–Second purchaser entitled…
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Panavia Air Cargo Ltd v Southend-on-Sea Borough Council*
Landlord and tenant — Rent review provisions in lease — Construction — Lease with ‘a number of glaring inconsistencies’ — Rent reviewable, after an initial period, at five-year intervals –…
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Pontsarn Investments Ltd v Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Meaning of ‘fit for immediate occupation and use’