Negligence — Duty of care — Liability — Valuation of unusual house for insurance reinstatement purposes — Appeal from decision of Schiemann J — Whether valuers owed a duty of…
Misrepresentation Act 1967 — Innocent misrepresentation — Purchase of freehold house at auction sale in reliance on innocent misrepresentation in the particulars — Particulars stated that the first floor was…
Landlord and tenant — Questions as to power of a residents’ association to incur expenses, levy contributions and employ managing agents — Problems arose because the answers had to be…
Important decision on agreements to grant non-exclusive licences of residential accommodation–Rent Act not applicable to these particular agreements–Separate licences granted to two persons living together to use a double-bed-sitting room…
Landlord and tenant — Repairs — Covenant — Electric under-floor storage heating — Whether tenants discharged covenant to repair by installing space heaters rather than restoring and maintaining under-floor heating
Landlord and tenant — Whether lease void if tie provisions therein in breach of Treaty of Rome — Whether rent a reasonable rent under an implied periodic tenancy
Contract for sale of commercial building at redevelopment value of £1.7m signed day before news of listing of property as building of architectural or historic interest–Purchasers stuck with premises now…
Use of Whitehall Court suite as offices contemplated by lease from Crown Estate Commissioners but subject to planning control–Occupier converts to office use without permission from planning authority, and commissioners…
Landlord and tenant — Assignment — Liability of assignee and surety to pay rent — Whether under licence to assign liability continued after further assignment by assignee — Whether interest…
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — ‘Competent landlord’ — Whether plaintiff underlessees, seeking new tenancy, had brought proceedings against correct landlords — Whether plaintiffs’ immediate landlords had ceased…
Landlord and tenant — Forfeiture of lease — Breach of covenant against subletting part of premises without landlords’ consent — Restriction on assignment and subletting during last 7 years of…
Housing Act 1988 — Six-month agreement signed on first day of six-month period — Whether term of six months — Whether notice given on same date given before agreement