Real property and conveyancing

Vendor and purchaser — Whether money held by vendors’ solicitors as stakeholders or as agents for the vendor — Appeal by solicitors from decision of Judge Paul Baker QC, sitting…

Estoppel — Estoppel per rem judicatam — Legal charge — Guarantee — All moneys charge — Debtor liable under loan and guarantee — County court judgment for possession and repayment…

Claim against highway authority for damage caused to house by encroachment of tree roots — Only issue on appeal was whether encroachment gave rise to a reasonably foreseeable risk of…

Pig-farmer liable for ‘intolerable nuisance’ by smells, but judge’s figure of £6,000 for 12 years’ intermittent nuisance too high–Award of £1,000 appropriate–Analogy of sorts drawn with awards in personal injury…

Mobile Homes Act 1975–Appeal by site owners from decision of county court judge varying inter alia the lengths of the terms offered to occupiers–Judge awarded extended terms, such as eight…

Road charges–Tithe map of 1846 strong evidence against existence of road as a maintainable highway in 1835–No evidence that road had ever been repaired by a public authority–Presumption that arises…

Nuisance from fat-rendering factory–Numerous extensions to enable company to install machinery, etc, must now cease–Writ of sequestration to issue despite submissions to do with recent difficulties in the animal market