Court of Appeal
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Colin Smith Music Ltd v Ridge
Deserted mistress cannot assert man’s statutory tenancy of the rent-controlled premises she occupies as his licensee–On his surrender of tenancy and permanent abandonment of the premises she must give possession…
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Chartered Trust plc v Davies
Landlord and tenant — Shopping mall — Nuisance caused by one tenant to another — Derogation from grant — Whether landlords liable for failure to control nuisance — Whether repudiation…
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Bates v Pierrepoint and another
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 as amended by Housing Act 1974, section 118–Claim by tenant to acquire freehold–Whether house within rateable value limit of section 1(1)(a) of 1967 Act as extended…
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E & L Berg Homes Ltd v Grey and another
Possession of land sought against persons who had occupied a caravan and other structures by licence of owners of site used as a brickworks until it became derelict–Occupation lasted over…
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Poland and another v Earl Cadogan and another
Leasehold Reform Act 1967–Claim by joint tenants under long tenancy to acquire freehold–Whether residence condition satisfied–Lengthy absences by tenants for the purpose of sailing their yacht and taking part in…
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Caldwell v McAteer
Rent Act 1977 — Complicated and anomalous position where a resident landlord died before November 28 1980 — Effect of section 65 of Housing Act 1980, which came into operation…
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Hillil Property and Investment Co Ltd v Naraine Pharmacy Ltd and another
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II–Question as to entitlement to claim new tenancy of shop premises–Tenants were owners of other premises in same street on which they carried on…
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Blandrent Investment Developments Ltd v British Gas Corporation
Compensation for acquisition by British Gas Corporation of easement to lay gas mains or pipes–Entitlement based on deed of grant by claimants’ predecessors in title–Whether compensation covered injurious affection to…
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Lewstar Ltd and others v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971–Appeal from decision of Forbes J upholding a decision of the Secretary of State for the Environment who had dismissed an appeal against an enforcement…
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R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and another, ex parte Spath Holme Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent Acts — Fair rent — Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 — Whether 1999 order ultra vires powers in the Landlord and Tenant Act…
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Jones and another v Stones
Trespass — Injunction — Acquiescence — Estoppel — Defendant’s objects on claimants’ land — No objections to objects for three years — Whether defence of acquiescence or estoppel based on…