Chancery Division
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Central London Commercial Estates Ltd v Kato Kagaku Ltd and another, Axa Equity & Law Assurance Society plc (third party)
Adverse possession — Lease — Registered land — Land Registration Act 1925 section 75(1) — Whether on surrender of lease freeholder entitled to recover possession against squatter
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Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd v Hastings Borough Council
Compulsory purchase — Whether statement of intention to make general vesting declaration an exercise of compulsory powers — Whether time-limit for the exercise of compulsory powers had expired
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Millers Wharf Partnership Ltd v Corinthian Column Ltd
Vendor and purchaser — Contract for grant of lease — Conditional contract — Performance of conditions — Provision that if conditions were not satisfied by a specified date either party…
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Capital & Counties Freehold Equity Trust Ltd v B L plc
Landlord and tenant — Construction of leases — Preliminary points — Identical leases relating to different parts of same building — Liability at the end of lease — Whether tenants…
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Robinson v Robinson
Man and mistress buy house in contemplation of marriage–Parties subsequently separate without marrying–House in substance purchased by man–Conveyance to parties ‘as beneficial joint tenants’ not conclusive–Transfer not executed by man,…
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Marchant and others v Onslow
School Sites Act 1841 — Whether site reverted to adjoining land of grantor at date of grant — Whether proceeds of sale held in trust for grantor’s successor
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Fiesta Girl of London Ltd v Network Agencies
Estate Agents Act 1979 — Whether a petition to wind up a company can be presented where a statutory demand includes a bona fide disputed item — Whether section 18…
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Ponderosa International Development Inc v Pengap Securities (Bristol) Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Claim by tenants that landlords had unreasonably refused consent to assignment of lease — Landlords considered that the financial standing of the proposed assignees and their…
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Sheridan v Blaircourt Investments Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent-review clause — Question as to whether tenant had given notice within the time-limit (time to be of the essence) that he required the substituted rent…
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Boots The Chemist Ltd v Street
Landlord and tenant — Rectification of lease — Rent review clause — Evidence of mutual mistake — Lease referred to rent reviews at the end of the seventh and 14th…
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Challock Parish Council v Shirley and others
Agreement — Price for access land — Tomlin order based on guidelines in Stokes v Cambridge Corporation — Whether valuation on serviced plot basis — Whether deductions from open market…
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Johnson v Ribbins and others
Sale of hotel under mortgagee’s powers of sale–Pre-emptive bid accepted by agent prior to auction–Allegation of negligent sale at undervalue rejected–‘Very high bid from very special purchaser’ accepted on excellent…