Court of Appeal
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Luxmoore-May and another v Messenger May Baverstock
Auction — Negligence — Sale by auction of two small paintings, each of a single foxhound on a rocky seashore — Successful appeal by provincial auctioneers from decision of Simon…
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Re Martin and another’s Application
Restrictive covenant under section 37 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (now section 52 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971) — Application for discharge or modification…
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McLeod Russel (Property Holdings) Ltd v Emerson and another
Rent Acts–Fair rent determined by rent officer and rent assessment committee–Whether determinations were valid in view of rent review clause in lease–Appeal from decision of county court judge who found…
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Teasdale v Williams & Co
Negligence — Damages — Measure of damages for negligence of solicitors in dealing with application for a new tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Time lost in…
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Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd v Centremoor Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Claim for rectification succeeds on appeal — Scheme by which a lessee and underlessee were to share increases of rents paid by an occupying subunderlessee in…
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Sherbrooke and another v Dipple and another (Baines, third party)
‘Subject to contract’ rule–Negotiations for sale of a piece of land ‘subject to contract’–Various questions arising in the course of negotiations which at one stage were interrupted–County court judge held…
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Sheerness Steel Co plc v Medway Ports Authority
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Construction of rent review provision — Whether, inter alia, improvements carried out by tenants to be disregarded in giving effect to the expression…
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Nwokeji v Northumberland Court (Streatham) Ltd
Claim for enfranchisement under Leasehold Reform Act 1967–Question whether property had been tenant’s sole or main residence for five years–Order for discovery–‘Palpable’ failure by applicant to disclose relevant documents–Order under…
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Hurst and another v Hampshire County Council
Trees — Tree root damage — Adopted highway — Nuisance and negligence — Whether property in trees vests in highway authority — Whether highway authority liable to adjoining landowners –…
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Appleton v Aspin and others
Rent Act 1977, section 98(1) — Whether a court is prohibited from making a possession order against a protected tenant who has agreed with the purchaser of the subject dwelling-house…
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Kenilworth Industrial Sites Ltd v EC Little & Co Ltd
Six months’ notice of rent review procedure required by clause in lease, ‘provided that failure to give such notice shall not render void the right of the landlord to require…
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Barclays Bank plc v Weeks Legg & Dean and others
Conveyancing — Solicitors — Undertaking to bank — ‘Good marketable title’ — Meaning of undertaking — Meaning of ‘good marketable title’ — Whether breach of undertaking — Whether qualified or…