Chancery Division
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Bechel and another v Kitsford Holdings Ltd
Vendor and purchaser — Contract at auction — National Conditions of Sale — Alleged misdescription of area of property — Validity of notice to complete — Motion by vendors to…
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Cantor v Cox
Beneficial ownership of house–Man in business on own account put house into mistress’s name to keep it out of reach of creditors–So be it, man cannot be heard to say…
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Hart and others v Emelkirk Ltd ; Howroyd and others v Emelkirk Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Novel relief sought — Landlord’s covenants to keep in repair, and even to insure, not performed during the past two or three years and rents and…
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Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v 99 Bishopsgate Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause in lease — Construction — Application made by landlords for leave to appeal under section 2(3) of the Arbitration Act 1979 and for…
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Darlington Borough Council v Waring & Gillow (Holdings) Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review provisions in lease — Operation of provisions — Whether review properly initiated — Effect if not — Provision for rent review at five-year intervals…
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Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v Tony Waller Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Construction of rent review clause — Problems arising from ‘equivocal’ letter, headed ‘without prejudice’, from landlords’ agents to tenant — Whether ‘without prejudice’ heading prevented letter…
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Montross Associated Investments SA v Moussaieff and another
Landlord and tenant — User covenant in lease — Question of construction — Forfeiture proceedings for alleged breach — Summary judgment for possession reversed on appeal and a trial ordered…
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Smith v Metropolitan City Properties Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Forfeiture of lease — Attempt of former tenant, against whom forfeiture proceedings had been completed and landlords had re-entered, to reopen the question of relief against…
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Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd v National Westminster Bank plc
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Rent at review to be open market rental value after expiry of rent-free period of concessionary rent — Whether headline rent should be…
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Railstore Ltd v Playdale Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause — Arbitration award — Application out of time for leave to appeal under section 1 of the Arbitration Act 1979 — Guidelines for…
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William Hill (Southern) Ltd v Govier & Govier
Landlord and tenant — Rent-review clause in lease — Lease containing both rent-review clause and provisions for tenants to determine lease before expiration of term — Landlords claimed to be…
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Gold v Jacques Amand Ltd and others
Agricultural holdings — Whether a licence within section 2 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 — Whether licence granted for use as agricultural land