Legal notes
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Right of first refusal: take care to offer first
The right of first refusal still poses a trip hazard for the unwary
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Legal notes: The 12 days before Christmas
The Legal Notes team present their annual festive round-up of the year’s major cases.
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Getting the measure of damages for trespass
A High Court decision in which damages reflected the benefit to trespasser, not loss to landowner
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Sequential regimes for telecoms
Operator was held to be entitled to claim code rights after losing renewal rights under the 1954 Act
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The perils of ignoring improvement notices
A recent case provides a lesson to landlords about the importance of complying with improvement notices
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Final dates for payment under a construction contract
Why final dates cannot be conditional on a VAT invoice
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Adopt a broad perspective on business tenancy renewals
Louise Clark considers a recent decision on whether a tenant ought not to be granted a new tenancy
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Valuable lessons on valuation
A valuer was held not responsible for losses attributable to different effective causes
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The landlord magic trick
When an intermediate company landlord is dissolved, section 18(1) of the Housing Act 1988 does not apply
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An enforceable easement is not negotiable
Louise Clark analyses an easement dispute over a subterranean pipeline
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Weight of evidence in CPO compensation
Louise Clark analyses an important Supreme Court decision involving land acquired for HS2
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Plugging a gap in the Telecoms Code
An important Court of Appeal decision on the Electronic Communications Code