Court of Appeal
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Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd v Oscar Faber & Partners
Action for negligence in relation to building work — Period of limitation — Present obscurity of the law as to when cause of action accrues — Whether at time when…
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Brinnand v Ewens and another
Landlord and tenant — Expenditure by tenants on repairs and improvements to property — Claim by tenants to interest in property as a result of expenditure under doctrine of proprietary…
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Gross v French and another
House bought by mother but conveyed to mother, daughter and son-in-law as beneficial tenants in common–Judge’s finding that this was done purely for convenience left undisturbed–Mother entitled to whole property…
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West Pennine Water Board v Jon Migael (North West) Ltd
Water rates payable by occupiers of shop in shopping centre though water supplied only to the centre’s communal lavatories and not directly piped into the shop–‘Growing problem’ which the legislature…
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Bairstow Eves (Securities) Ltd v Ripley
Landlord and tenant — Option to renew — Whether condition precedent satisfied if breach of decoration covenant by tenant would not attract substantial damages
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Westminster City Council v British Waterways Board
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II, section 30(1)(g) — Section 29 of Town and Country Planning Act 1971 — British Waterways Board as landlords opposed an application by Westminster…
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Bacal Construction (Midlands) Ltd v Northampton Development Corporation
Building work on large site reprogrammed at request of development corporation on the basis that the contractors would be secured closure of a road crossing the area–Contractors begin work informally,…
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Miller v Lakefield Estates Ltd
Agreement for joint venture relating to development of a property — Clause providing for the event of a party desiring to sell his interest — In that event he had…
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McClean v Liverpool City Council
Landlord and tenant — Repairs — Landlords’ obligations under section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (replacing section 32 of the Housing Act 1961) — Complaint by tenant…
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Department of Transport v Egoroff
Landlord and tenant — Whether Crown (the Department of Transport being the Crown in this context) was bound as landlord by sections 32 and 33 of the Housing Act 1961…
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Sewing Machine Rentals Ltd v Wilson and another; Morlen Investments Ltd v Same; Sewing Machine Rentals Ltd v Udeala
Money lent to friendly society by investment company and advanced by society on mortgages which were then promptly assigned to the investment company–Court of Appeal refuses to disturb county court…
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Earnshaw and others v Hartley
Limitation — Limitation Act 1980 Schedule 1 para 9 — Intestate estate — Failure to obtain administration — Possession by one of four beneficiaries for period exceeding 12 years –…