Real property and conveyancing
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R v Oxfordshire County Council and another, ex parte Sunningwell Parish Council
Village green — Commons Registration Act 1965 — Sports and pastimes — User as of right for local inhabitants — Whether activities exercised as of right — Whether subjective test…
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Midland Bank Ltd v Farmpride Hatcheries Ltd and another
Appeal from dismissal of application for injunction to restrain a bank mortgagee from enforcing a writ of possession — Bank had lent money to a company of which the appellant…
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Chartered Society of Physiotherapy v Simmonds Church Smiles
London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 — Appeal from surveyor’s award — Whether appellate court entitled to receive additional evidence not before surveyor — Whether appellate court’s jurisdiction limited
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Kewal Investments Ltd v Arthur Maiden Ltd
RSC Ord 14 — Application by freehold owners of land for summary judgment in relation to part — Whether defendants had put forward any arguable defence which merited a trial…
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Canterbury City Council v Quine and others
Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962 — Repayment of grant for repairs and renovations to listed building — Disposal of interest — Whether sale by mortgagees under their power of…
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Re Nichols’ Application
Restrictive covenants — Application under Law of Property Act 1925, section 84(1)(a), (aa), (b) and (c) — Whether restriction obsolete — Whether objectors enjoyed practical benefits of substantial value or…
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IDC Group Ltd and others v Clark
Deed — Fire escape — Whether deed granted personal licence or easement of right to use fire escape — Whether successor in title bound
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BP Properties Ltd v Buckler
Limitation Acts — Adverse possession — If a judgment for possession has been obtained in an action for recovery of land commenced in due time, the successful plaintiff has then…
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National Justice Compania Naviera SA v Prudential Assurance Co Ltd ‘Ikarian Reefer’
Expert evidence — Duties and responsibilities of expert witnesses in civil cases
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Hooper v Eaglestone
Caravan Sites Act 1968–Appeal from justices’ dismissal of information alleging deprivation of caravan dweller’s right to electricity–Right dependent on site being a ‘protected site’–Site protected although landowner not eligible for…
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Sutton London Borough Council v Bolton and another
Local government — Power to appropriate land — Overriding of restrictive covenants — Whether land appropriated so that restrictive covenant overridden under what is now section 237 of the Town…
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Johnston & Sons Ltd v Holland
Derogation from grant — Scope of principle — Comprehensive and important review of authorities — Application in the case of interference with rights reserved to use the flank wall of…