Taxation – Inheritance tax – Finance Act 1986 – Gift with reservation – Reversionary underlease granted out of donor’s headlease by way of gift – Underlease containing covenants mirroring those…
Construction¬ – Adjudication – Payment – Contractor carrying out drainage works on residential development pursuant to construction contract – County court claim by contractor stayed pending adjudication – Adjudication resulting…
Landlord and tenant Assignment of lease
Lease – Assignment – Intra-group transfers – Appellant tenants assigning leases to associated companies without seeking consent of respondent landlords – Respondents commencing proceedings for breach of covenant – High…
Neutral Citation Number: [2014] EWCA Civ 1153 Case No: C1/2014/2396 & C1/2014/2396(A) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT Mrs…
Electricity — Supply — Investment contract — Claimant company applying to defendant secretary of state for investment contract — Defendant refusing application on basis claimant not meeting key criterion –…
Town and country planning – Listed building – Harm – Wind farm – Effect on setting of listed buildings – Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 – Planning…
Negligence – Architect – Certificates – Respondents purchasing flats in new development – Appellant architects engaged by developer to inspect building works and provide certificates in respect of satisfactory construction…
Sale of land – Purchase price – VAT – Appellant company selling property to respondents for £130,000 – Appellant previously waiving VAT exemption on property and therefore becoming liable to…
Neutral Citation Number: [2014] EWCA Civ 1103. Case No: B2/2014/0118. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION). ON APPEAL FROM BIRMINGHAM COUNTY COURT.
Infrastructure – High-speed rail link – Strategic environmental assessment – Government issuing command paper in respect of proposals for high-speed rail network – Defendant secretary of state issuing safeguarding directions…
Case No: CO/11729/2013 Neutral Citation Number: [2014] EWHC 2759 (Admin) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COURT PLANNING COURT Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A…