Court of Appeal
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Percival and another v Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Negligence — House with defective foundations — Liability of local authority — Appeal from decision of official referee dismissing owners’ action against authority — House built on land formerly subject…
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London Congregational Union Incorporated v Harriss & Harriss
Negligence — Statute of Limitations — Proceedings against architects — Appeal from decision of official referee awarding damages in favour of members of church on two issues — Main issue…
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Bass Holdings Ltd v Lewis
Landlord and tenant — Termination of tenancy — Whether section 149(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925 applied — Tenancy agreement for three years after which tenant held over…
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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council v The Host Group Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review provisions in lease — Construction — Appeal from decision of Judge Micklem sitting as a judge of the Chancery Division — Case concerned review…
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Hallwood Estates v Flack
Landlord and tenant — Possession — Bedroom in premises used as school — Occasional occupation — “Animus revertendi” — Landlord’s appeal dismissed
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Fisher v Taylor’s Furnishing Stores, Ltd
Landlord and Tenant Act, 1954 — Landlords oppose grant of new tenancy on ground of intention to demolish and reconstruct the premises — Appeal from County Court order — Judge’s…
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McKenna v Baker
Possession — Premises altered and rent reduced — Foster v Robinson applied
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Darlington Borough Council v Denmark Chemists Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Forfeiture of lease — Whether discretion to refuse relief for forfeiture properly exercised — Whether Court of Appeal can exercise discretion to grant relief — Whether…
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Coronation Street Industrial Properties Ltd v Ingall Industries plc
Landlord and tenant — Unusual covenant by surety in lease — Effect of assignment of the reversion on the enforceability of the covenant — Effect of assignment of the covenant…
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Stent v Monmouth District Council
Landlord and tenant — Covenant to repair — Appeal by local authority from county court decision in favour of tenant holding authority liable for breach of covenant to repair and…
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Keen and another v Holland
Agricultural Holdings Act 1948, section 2 — Appeal by landlords from county court judge’s decision refusing a possession order against tenant of farm — Effect of grant of a tenancy…
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Taylor v Newham London Borough Council
Landlord and tenant — Housing Act 1985 — Whether secure tenant entitled to enforce right to buy by injunction where landlord housing authority issues possession proceedings