House of Lords
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Sudbrook Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton and another
Clause in lease giving lessees option to purchase the freehold reversion — Clause provided that option was to be activated by notice from lessees and that the price was such…
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Department of the Environment v Thomas Bates & Son Ltd and others
Negligence — Liability of builders — Appellant department’s case, based on Anns v Merton London Borough Council, demolished by contemporaneous decision in Murphy v Brentwood District Council that Anns was…
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Walford and others v Miles and another
Sales of land — Oral agreement — Collateral ‘lock-out’ agreement — Whether implied term to negotiate in good faith — Whether agreement enforceable
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D & F Estates Ltd and others v Church Commissioners for England and others
Negligence — Duty of care — Fault of subcontractors failing to follow manufacturers’ instructions in regard to application of plaster — Whether main contractors liable to lessees and occupiers of…
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Johnson and another v Agnew
Vendor and purchaser of land–Position when order of specific performance is not implemented by purchaser–Whether, if vendor then accepts this failure as a repudiation of the contract of sale, applies…
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Canterbury City Council v Colley and another
Town and country planning — Revocation of planning permission — Compensation — Whether assumption that planning permission would be granted for development of the land of any class specified in…
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Farrell and another v Alexander
Money paid to outgoing tenant of rent-protected premises by person to whom landlords undertook to grant tenancy held a premium and recoverable by virtue of section 90, Rent Act 1968
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Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council v Monk
Landlord and tenant — Periodic tenancy — Whether periodic tenancy can be determined by notice to quit given by one of the joint tenants without the concurrence of the other…
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A G Securities v Vaughan and others ; Antoniades v Villiers and another
Landlord and tenant — Licences or tenancies — Two appeals heard together in which the House of Lords reversed the decisions of the Court of Appeal and restored the county…
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Newell and others v Secretary of State for the Environment and another; Fletcher Estates (Harlescott) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Compensation for acquisition of land — Certificate of appropriate alternative development — Relevant date for identifying policies — Whether date of entry or date of notice of making compulsory purchase…