Court of Appeal
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Advance Drilling & Grouting Ltd v Brain Haulage Ltd and others
Liability of site owners to pay for soil survey of marshy site — Cost of sinking boreholes — Architects’ authority to give instructions for boreholes — There was no dispute…
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Drew-Morgan v Hamid-Zadeh
Landlord and tenant — Housing Act 1988 — Grounds for possession — Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 section 48 — Whether section 48 notice served by notice under section 21…
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The Law Land Company Ltd v Consumers’ Association Ltd
Landlord and tenant–Rent review clause–Apparent conflict between rent review clause and user clause in lease of business premises–Rent review clause framed with reference to a hypothetical lessee paying a market…
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Elliott and another v Brighton Borough Council
Housing Act 1957, section 10 — Appeal from decision of county court judge in favour of local authority’s claim for the expenses of repairs carried out by the authority –…
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Giannoukakis v Saltfleet Ltd
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Application for new tenancy of snack-bar restaurant — Terms agreed except as to rent — Appeal from decision of assistant recorder fixing…
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Martin and another v Maryland Estates Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Service charges — Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 sections 19 and 20 — Repairs — Additional works arising in course of repairs — Whether discretion under…
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Dickinson v Enfield London Borough Council
Landlord and tenant — Secure tenancy — Housing Act 1985 — Rent review — Whether effect of statutory right to buy to be disregarded — Whether extensive works carried out…
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Phillips v Mobil Oil Co Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Covenant to renew at request of lessee — Whether an estate contract requiring to be registered as a land charge in order to be effective against…
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McCall v Abelesz and another
A civil action for harassment lies at a tenant’s suit for breach of a term of the tenancy, but not for breach of statutory obligation under section 30 (2) of…
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Chiswell v Griffon Land & Estates Ltd
Business tenancy–Landlord or tenant who sends notice by ordinary post runs the risk of losing his rights under the Act of 1954 should the letter go astray–To be safe, he…
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Guys ‘n’ Dolls Ltd v Sade Brothers Catering Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause in lease of commercial premises — Construction of clause — Clause provided that after the first review date the rent of the premises…
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Co-operative Retail Services Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and others
Town and Country Planning Act 1971–Secretary of State’s refusal to postpone date of public inquiry–Whether this action was a ‘decision by the Secretary of State on an appeal under section…