Rights to light
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New guidance on rights to lights claims
An introduction to the new Rights of Light Protocol
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Rights to light ‘tax’ reimagined
Should developers revisit the rate at which they are settling rights to light negotiations?
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Was a right to light claim really only about money?
Rights to light often pose problems for developers, who may have to pay significant sums for their release. The litigation in Beaumont Business Centres Ltd vFlorala Properties Ltd [2018] EWHC…
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Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd v RMC FH Co Ltd
Rights to light Encroachment
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The court may refuse to award damages in lieu of an injunction if a developer’s conduct has been high-handed or unneighbourly.
The property world has been particularly sensitive to claims to rights to light since HXRUK (II) (CHC) Ltd v Heaney [2010] 3 EGLR 15, when the court granted a mandatory…
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Ottercroft Ltd v Scandia Care Ltd and another
Right to light Joint tortfeasors
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PP 2013/32 The court may make a declaration about rights of light, but refuse to grant an injunction because there is no immediate threat of an infringement
In recent years the courts have considered complaints about infringements of rights of light both before and after the infringement has occurred.
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PP 2013/30 Landowners would be well-advised to avoid premature proceedings for infringements of their rights to light
Not so long ago, the decision in HXRUK (II) (CHC) Ltd v Heaney [2010] 3 EGLR 15 highlighted the potency of rights of light claims and the importance of resolving…
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PP 2012/92
A landowner claiming prescriptive rights of light must prove that the windows in its building have had uninterrupted access to light for 20 years.
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PP 2010/127
Rights to light
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PP 2009/12
Agreement torefrain from enforcing rights of light
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PP 2008/39
Right to light, Damages