Real property and conveyancing
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Marklands Ltd v Virgin Retail Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Valuation hypothesis — Open market rental value — Large retail unit — Hypothesis directing overall per square foot basis rather than zoning basis…
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Macklin and others v Dowsett
Options — Undue influence — Validity — Grant of option to acquire life tenancy — Whether grantee of option exercising undue influence on grantor — Whether option valid — Whether…
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Rabett v Poole
Common land — Rights of common — Extent of rights of grazing — Right to graze two horses — Commoner erecting electric fence to contain horses — Whether erection of…
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Barnet London Borough Council v Barnet Football Club Holdings Ltd
Local authority selling land — Claim for rectification of transfer — Whether transfer giving effect to true agreement of parties — Standard of proof — Whether transaction void because sale…
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Lavelle v Lavelle and others
Respondent purchasing property in first appellant’s name — Respondent treating property as his home — Dispute as to ownership of property — Evidence rebutting presumption of advancement — Appeal dismissed
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Abbahall Ltd v Smee
Repairs — Flying freeholds — Liability — Nuisance — Duty of care — Measure of damages — Claims in nuisance and breach of duty of care — Disrepair of roof…
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Wilson and another v Truelove and another
Perpetuities — Right of repurchase — Validity — Right of repurchase granted without time limit — Whether right constituting an interest in land — Whether right analogous to option to…
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Crest Nicholson Residential (South) Ltd v McAllister
Restrictive covenants — Burden — Restriction — Use for purposes of a private dwelling-house — Whether restriction preventing erection of more than one dwelling-house — Enforcement — No erection of…
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Silven Properties Ltd and another v Royal Bank of Scotland plc and others; Silven Properties Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc and others
Receivership — Powers — Appointment — Power of sale — Law of Property Act receivers — Receivers appointed by bank over properties — Whether breach of contract by bank in…
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Mulvaney v Gough and others
Easements — Common use of garden — Extent of rights — Yard and access used in common for garden cultivation, drying clothes and general enjoyment — Whether use capable of…
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Williams v Jones and another
Adverse possession — Limitation Act 1980 — Tenancy — Tenant holding over — Ex-tenant claiming title — Para 5 of Schedule 1 to 1980 Act — Whether Powell v McFarlane…
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UCB Group Ltd v Hedworth
Land registration — Overriding interests — Receipt of “rents” — Beneficiary under bare trust granting tenancy to registered proprietor — Section 70(1)(g) of Land Registration Act 1925 — Whether beneficiary…