Real property and conveyancing
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Gavin Hilary Palmer Estate Trustee v Palmer
Joint tenancy — Joint tenant insolvent at death — Administration order over estate — Whether joint tenancy severed — Relation back
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Re Hans Place Ltd
Winding up of company — Disclaimer of lease by liquidator — Release of guarantors — Whether disclaimer should be set aside
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Swordheath Properties Ltd v Floydd and others
Possession order against squatters–Part 1 of Order 26 of the County Court Rules–No power to suspend execution without the owner’s consent–County Court and High Court rules the same
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Louis and another v Sadiq
Party wall — London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 — Works commenced and damage caused prior to party wall award — Whether building owner liable in nuisance to adjoining owner…
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Nicholson v Secretary of State for Energy and another
Opencast Coal Act 1958–Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946–Authorisation to work coal by opencast methods–Public inquiry–Refusal by inspector to allow plaintiff to cross-examine local authority witnesses–Whether breach of rules…
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Citytowns Ltd v Bohemian Properties Ltd
Vendor and purchaser — Vendors’ application for summary judgment for specific performance under Order 86 — Contract for purchase by auction of block of flats — Purchasers refused to complete…
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King Brothers (Finance) Ltd v North Western British Road Services Ltd
Sale of land — Contract to purchase by auction industrial building — Action by purchasers for rescission on the ground of misdescription, alternatively for specific performance with an abatement of…
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Griffiths and another v Williams
Equitable estoppel–Difficult questions of law arising out of executors’ action for possession of a house–House left by testatrix to granddaughter, although daughter had lived in it most of her life,…
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Barclays Bank Ltd v Thienel and another
Question of duty owed by creditor to guarantor–Preliminary issue–Sale by bank as mortgagee of security consisting of leasehold interest–Sale alleged to be at undervalue–Bank claims against guarantors–Question whether mortgagee’s duty…
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St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance and another v Clark
Right of way to Iken church over grounds of former rectory a right of passage on foot only–Parochial council’s unsuccessful appeal from judgment of Megarry J–Important dictum concerning effect of…
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Halifax Building Society and others v Edell and others
Building Societies Act 1986 — Ombudsman scheme — Whether Ombudsman has jurisdiction and duty to investigate and determine complaints in relation to valuations made by employees of a building society…
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Dance v Triplow and another
Right of light — Prescription — Prescription Act 1832 — Burden of proof — Whether plaintiff had discharged burden of proof that he had not submitted to or acquiesced in…