House of Lords
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Burton v Camden London Borough Council
Landlord and tenant — Secure tenancy — Joint tenancy — Non-assignable joint tenancy — Deed of release of beneficial interest by one joint tenant to another — Distinction between assignment…
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Waltham Forest London Borough Council v Thomas and another
Landlord and tenant — Secure tenancy — Whether person who has lived with deceased tenant for more than 12 months entitled to succession tenancy where residence in demised dwelling-house less…
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Ketteman and others v Hansel Properties Ltd and others
Negligence — Houses with defective foundations — Claims by houseowners against builders, local authority and architects — Liability — Limitation Act — Unsatisfactory result of prolonged litigation — House of…
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Carega Properties SA (Formerly Joran Developments Ltd) v Sharratt
Rent Act–Appeal against possession order–Scope of Schedule 1, para 3 to Rent Act 1968 (now Schedule 1, para 3 to Rent Act 1977)–Meaning of ‘family’–Whether a person between whom and…
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Royco Homes Ltd v Southern Water Authority
Water Act 1945 as amended–‘Leap-frog’ appeal to House of Lords from decision of Forbes J–Claims by water authority against developers of residential site in respect of provision of water supply–Whether…
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Liverpool City Council v Irwin and another
Premises let to tenant subject to no express obligation on part of landlord–Some such obligation necessarily to be implied–In the case of multi-storey premises, an obligation must be implied by…
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Billson and others v Residential Apartments Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Forfeiture — Whether tenant entitled to relief from forfeiture after landlord has peaceably re-entered — Held that tenant so entitled
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Griffiths and another v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971 — Time-limit under section 245 to quash a decision of the Secretary of State dismissing an appeal under section 36 from a refusal of…
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South Australia Asset Management Corporation v York Montague Ltd ; United Bank of Kuwait plc v Prudential Property Services Ltd ; Nykredit Mortgage Bank plc v Edward Erdman Group Ltd
Negligent valuations — Assessment of damages — Whether valuers liable for fall in property market — Whether liability limited to difference between actual valuation and correct valuation
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Johnston and others v Duke of Westminster and others
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Tenants’ rights to enfranchisement — Appeals by landlords from decision (by a majority) of the Court of Appeal in favour of tenants’ claims — It…