Court of Appeal
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Lewis v Hackney London Borough Council
Compulsory purchase — No compensation after 17 years — Appellant did not adopt normal procedure of challenging compulsory purchase order under the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, which…
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Hewlett v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971–Appeal from decision of McNeill J after previous history of litigation–Enforcement notice–Works carried out to a small building used for the business of a scrap-metal…
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Izzard and another v Field Palmer (a firm) and others
Negligence — Surveyors – Mortgage valuation report — Industrial building system — Practice of valuation surveyors — Published warnings of BRE relating to building system — Whether surveyor required to…
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Spence v Shell UK Ltd ; Spence and another v Shell UK Ltd
Landlord and tenant–Promissory estoppel–Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II–Appeal on preliminary issue from decision of county court judge–Claim by tenants of motor service station and garage that, by reason…
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Woodruff v Hambro and others
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, section 1(4A) and section 23 — Surrender of existing long lease and grant of new long lease — Attempt to secure lower rateable value in consequence…
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Willowgreen Ltd v Smithers
Landlord and tenant — Address for service of county court summons seeking forfeiture — Whether service at demised premises at which defendant tenant had never lived good service
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Duke of Westminster and others v Oddy
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Tenant’s claim to extended lease — Appeal from decision of county court judge holding tenant not entitled to extended lease — A term granted for…
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Smedley v Chumley & Hawke Ltd (Warrell, third party)
Landlord and tenant–Action by tenant of restaurant forming part of motel complex against landlords in respect of damage caused by alleged breach of landlords’ covenant in lease — Tenant covenanted…
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D & M Trailers (Halifax) Ltd v Stirling
Sale of tractor unit by private treaty two days after withdrawal from auction sale–Vehicle not of merchantable quality–Whether auction condition purporting to restrict purchaser’s remedies applied to the subsequent private…
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Smalley v Quarrier
Protected tenant adjudicated bankrupt during currency of contractual tenancy–Tenancy rests in trustee, tenant becomes trustee’s licensee, no interest left in him which the statute could turn into a statutory tenancy–Rule…
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Gurton v Parrott and another
Landlord and tenant — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Whether tenancy was business or residential — Dwelling-house and outbuildings converted to kennels — Groomage, breeding and kennelling…
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Bristol Cars Ltd v R K H Hotels Ltd (in liquidation) and another
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II–Tenants’ request for new tenancy under section 26 defective because date of commencement was too early–Defect not observed by either party–Tenants made application to…