House of Lords
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Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2) and other appeals
Mortgage – Undue influence — House of Lords refining principles enunciated in Barclays Bank plc v O’Brien [1994] AC 180 — Wife consenting to unlimited charge by bank on jointly…
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AIB Group (UK) plc (formerly Allied Irish Banks plc and AIB Finance Ltd) v Martin and another
Mortgagors entering into new mortgage deed – Default in payment on mortgage – Bank seeking to enforce covenant to repay – Whether mortgagors jointly and severally liable – Whether appellant…
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R (on the application of Holding & Barnes plc) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and related applications
Human Rights Act 1998 – Article 6 of European Convention on Human Rights – Civil litigants’ right to impartial hearing – Whether decision-making processes under planning, highways, transport and compulsory…
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Ashworth Frazer Ltd v Gloucester City Council (No 2)
Long development lease – Lessee required to create development for uses defined by reference to Use Classes Order – Claimant taking assignment of part of land – Landlords refusing consent…
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Uratemp Ventures Ltd v Collins
Defendant taking room in hotel for indefinite duration – Claimant seeking possession – Whether room occupied under tenancies or licences – Whether room a dwelling-house within meaning of section 1…
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R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and another, ex parte Spath Holme Ltd
Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 – Order restricting increases of rent already registered – Whether order made intra vires section 31 of Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 -…
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Commissioners of Customs & Excise v Sinclair Collis Ltd
Appellant supplying vending machines – Agreement to install machine in public house – Whether agreement constituting licence to occupy land – Whether supply exempt from VAT – Section 31 and…
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Bettison and others v Langton and others
Owners of land registering rights of common – Owners retaining land and selling rights of common – Whether rights of common attached to particular property capable of being granted away…
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Johnson v Gore Wood & Co
Respondent solicitor compromising action by company for negligence in connection with land transaction – Appellant effectively sole owner of company – Appellant issuing proceedings for personal loss caused by same…
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British Railways Board v Secretary of State for the Environment and others
Planning application — Inspector finding for applicant subject to agreement for access over land — Land-owner refusing to make land available — Planning permission refused by Secretary of State –…
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Bristol City Council v Lovell
Tenant completing procedures giving rise to right to buy – Landlord council taking possession proceedings which would, if successful, defeat tenant’s right – Tenant counterclaiming for order compelling coveyance -…
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Jones and another
Appellants taking part in peaceful non-obstructive assembly on highway – Highway subject to order made under section 14A of the Public Order Act 1986 – Appellants charged with trespassory assembly…