Liability
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Receivers not personally liable where vesting of lease was for the purpose of the receivership
Where receivers take steps in the course of receivership for the benefit of a chargeholder, it is…
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Liability caps in new home warranties
Stuart Pemble summarises the Court of Appeal’s analysis of the liability cap
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Northumbrian Water Ltd v Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd
Nuisance Liability
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Northumbrian Water Ltd v Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd
Nuisance – Liability – Damage – Respondent redeveloping urban site – Shafts drilled and filled with concrete to create piles to support new building – Concrete escaping into old private…
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199 Knightsbridge Development Ltd v WSP UK Ltd
Negligence Liability
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199 Knightsbridge Development Ltd v WSP UK Ltd
Negligence – Liability – Residential property – Serious flooding occurring in apartment building as result of pipes bursting under pressure – Claimant freehold owner issuing proceedings against defendant designer of…
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Buzzoni and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Inheritance tax – Finance Act 1986 – Gift with reservation – Gift of reversionary underlease granted out of donor’s headlease – Underlease containing covenants mirroring those of headlease – Whether…
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Buzzoni and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Neutral Citation Number: [2013] EWCA Civ 1684Case No: A3/2013/0070IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)ON APPEAL FROM THE UPPER TRIBUNAL (Tax and Chancery Chamber)The Hon.
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An exclusion clause in a contract was reasonable in all the circumstances for the purposes of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
Most contracts for the sale of land include conditions excluding or restricting the seller’s liability for statements made in the course of negotiations between the parties.
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Harvey v Dunbar Assets plc
Guarantees Liability
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Harvey v Dunbar Assets plc
Guarantee – Liability of guarantor – Appellant one of four intended guarantors under composite joint and several guarantee document – Respondent serving statutory demand in reliance on guarantee – One…
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PP 2013/71
Nuisance Liability