Court of Appeal
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Whelton Sinclair (a firm) v Hyland
Landlord and tenant — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Whether notice under section 25 purported to terminate tenancy one day before expiration of contractual term
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Cristina and another v Seear
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, section 23(1) — Tenants’ appeal against order by county court judge striking out their application for a new tenancy on the ground that on the…
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Pioneer Aggregates (UK) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and others
Town and Country Planning Act 1971 — Question as to ‘abandonment’ of a planning permission — Permission had been given for limestone working in the Peak District National Park to…
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Barnett and another v O’Sullivan
Landlord and tenant — Rent Act 1977 — Landlord moved to new dwelling-house one week after grant of tenancy — Whether landlord in residence for purposes of resident landlord exception
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Swansea City Council v Glass (Executor)
Limitation Act 1980 — Claim by local authority for expenditure — A landowner failing to comply with compulsory repair notices — Whether proceedings issued to recover expenditure statute-barred — Appeal…
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Cannock Chase District Council v Kelly
Council house tenant–Notice to quit–Local authority not obliged to give reasons–Tenant cannot require authority to produce reasons to the court by pleading that he or she has been a good…
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Pollock v Kumar
Landlord and tenant — Tenant evicted under possession order — Order set aside on appeal — Restitution of possession or payment of compensation — Compensation awarded
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Standard Life Assurance Co v Oxoid Ltd ; Oxoid Ltd v Standard Life Assurance Co
Landlord and tenant — Unusual rent review clause in lease of industrial premises — Construction — Review rent determined by applying a mathematical formula to ‘standard accommodation’ — Appeal from…
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Glessing and another v Green
A conveyance executed by the vendor and returned to his solicitor prima facie operates as an escrow conditional upon completion in due course–The condition imports a time-limit, and the vendor…
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Romain and another v Scuba TV Ltd and others
Landlord and tenant — Guarantors of tenant’s obligations — Arrears of rent — Whether six-year limitation period applies to claim against guarantor
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London & Leeds Estates Ltd v Paribas Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — meaning of assumption relating to fit for immediate occupation and use
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Aslan v Murphy (No 1) ; Aslan v Murphy (No 2) ; Duke v Wynne and another
Landlord and tenant — Tenants or lodgers — Guidance from Court of Appeal in an attempt to assist judges, lawyers and58 citizens concerned with the problem of deciding whether a…