House of Lords
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Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd
Protected tenant and homosexual partner sharing flat – Protected tenant dying – Whether homosexual partner succeeding to tenancy – Whether partner falling within definition of “spouse” or “member of family”…
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Rhone and another v Stephens
House divided into separate dwellings and sold — Conveyance stipulating that vendor would maintain roof lying above property conveyed — Responsibility for roof — Plaintiffs requiring vendor’s successors in title…
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Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and another
EC Directive 85/337, as implemented by the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 – Development involving alteration to part of Thames foreshore – Development allegedly posing…
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Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Panatown Ltd
Actionable loss for breach of building contract – Expectation interest – Whether loss extends to interest in performance – Appellant engaged by respondent company to carry out work on land…
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Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council v Dollar Land (Cumbernauld) Ltd
Heritable property — Acquisition by prescription — Public pedestrian walkway through enclosed town centre — Whether use as matter of right rather than tolerance by proprietor — Legal character of…
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Save Britains Heritage v Secretary of State for the Environment and others
Appeal to Secretary of State — Inspector’s report — Decision of Secretary of State accepting report — Reasons for decision — Criteria for reasons — Conservation area — Listed buildings…
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Garner (HMIT) v Pounds Shipowners & Shipbreakers Ltd; Garner (HMIT) v Pounds
Taxpayer granting option to buy land – Payment dependent upon taxpayer obtaining release from covenants – Release obtained for consideration of £90,000 – Taxpayer receiving £399,750 – Whether £90,000 deductible…
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Hindcastle Ltd v Barbara Attenborough Associates Ltd and others
Assignee in insolvent liquidation — Liquidator disclaimed lease — Whether disclaimer determining original assignee’s liability and his surety — High Court giving judgment for lessor — Court of Appeal dismissing…
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Department of the Environment v Thomas Bates & Sons Ltd and others
Underlease held by appellants — Defects appearing in building — Appellants contributing towards remedial works — Appellants claiming in tort against builders — Economic loss — Reliance on Annscase –…
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Nell Gwynn House Maintenance Fund Trustees v Commissioners of Customs & Excise
Trustee managing maintenance fund for upkeep of property – Trustee remunerated out of fund – Whether trustee supplying service or merely arranging for service to be carried out – Whether…
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Ozanne and others v Hertfordshire County Council
Compulsory purchase of land for highway improvement — Improvement in connection with adjoining development area — Ransom value — Whether rule (3) applies — Whether rule applies where statutory stopping-up…
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Nykredit Mortgage Bank plc v Edward Erdman Group Ltd
Damages arising from negligent valuation of property – Interest on damages, costs orders and repayable damages and costs