Court of Appeal
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Taylor v Courage Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Whether premises used as a restaurant — Whether premises protected
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Adams and another v Watkins
Caravans — Eviction of occupiers of mobile homes — Whether caravan site was a protected site — Appeal by one of a number of occupiers against recorder’s eviction order –…
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Marshall v Rubypoint Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Covenant to repair — Disrepair of front door — Whether landlord liable for loss following entry of burglar
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Proma Ltd and another v Curtis and another
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, section 3(1) as amended by the Housing Act 1980 — Whether respondents, underlessees, failed to qualify for enfranchisement because the amended proviso to section 3(1) excluded…
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Thrasyvoulou v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971, sections 36 and 88 — Application of principle of issue estoppel — Appeal from decision of McCowan J — Important question of planning law…
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London and South of England Building Society v Stone
Action by building society against surveyor for negligent mortgage valuation — Surveyor had given house a clean bill of health, but soon after borrowers moved in, following purchase, serious indications…
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Hindcastle Ltd v Barbara Attenborough Associates Ltd and others
Landlord and tenant — Whether disclaimer of lease by liquidator of assignee company discharges liability of earlier assignee and surety for arrears of rent
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Stribling v Wickham and others
Landlord and tenant — Licences or tenancy — Court of Appeal decide that three separate non-exclusive licence agreements represented the realities of the situation and were not to be treated…
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Beard (Formerly Coleman) v Williams
Landlord and tenant — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — In this case there had been a ‘tangled history’ of previous disputes and litigation, but the issues in…
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Farimani v Gates
Landlord and tenant — Section 146(1) of Law of Property Act 1925 and section 1(1) and (4) of Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 — Breach of covenant — Forfeiture –…
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Starrokate Ltd v Burry and another
Landlord and tenant — Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 and section 146(1) of Law of Property Act 1925 — Appeal from decision of county court judge holding that a notice…
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System Floors Ltd v Ruralpride Ltd and another
Landlord and tenant — Lease — Side letter to lease allowing tenant to surrender on terms — Whether obligation to accept surrender binding on successor in title to reversion