Case summaries
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Morgan Sindall plc v Sawston Farms (Cambs) Ltd
Plaintiff exercising option to acquire narrow strip adjacent to development site with view to securing access – Price determined by valuer in default of agreement at £130,000 – Plaintiff about…
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Secretary of State for the Environment v Fairzone Ltd; Jollybird Ltd and others v Fairzone Ltd
Lease — Maintenance charges — Cost of heating — Lessees’ contributions — Proper construction of clause — Declaration in favour of lessees
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R v East Hertfordshire District Council, ex parte Dallhod Resources Management (UK) Pty Ltd
Agricultural dwelling — Dwelling required for new agricultural worker — Duty of housing authority to provide accommodation for present occupier — Whether duty discharged by policy that accommodation available only…
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Emile Elias & Co Ltd v Pine Groves Ltd
Sale of land — Restrictive covenants — Building plots sold to different purchasers — Whether covenants mutually enforceable under building scheme — Privy Council upholding decisions of courts in Trinidad…
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Re Barclays Bank plcs application
Planning agreement — Restrictions on occupation of agricultural dwelling — Restriction on sale or letting — Breach of sale restriction — Application to revoke restrictions — Application granted
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Cadogan Estates Ltd v McMahon
Case 1 of Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 – Lease of flat providing for forfeiture upon bankruptcy – Statutory tenancy arising upon expiry of lease – Tenant going…
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Malekshad v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd
Claim to acquire freehold – Lessee of town house and mews dwelling seeking to enfranchise one or both under Leasehold Reform Act 1967 – Mews dwelling partly undercut by basement…
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Tipton & Coseley Building Society v Collins and another
Building society mortgage — Mortgage payments fell into arrears — Possession order obtained against mortgagor — Valuation report obtained by society for mortgage purposes alleged to be negligent — Whether…
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Time Investment Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Planning permission granted subject to conditions — Building not to be used, occupied or let otherwise than as five separate units — Inspector refusing to discharge condition — Whether inspector…
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Dormers Builders (London) Ltd v Commissioners of Customs and Excise
VAT on construction services — Refurbishment of building — VAT on building alterations raised from zero rate to standard rate — Scheme to avoid standard rate — Contract sum paid…