News
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Public can now search Register online
Following the launch of the Land Register Online pilot scheme, the general public is now able to access title details online.
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Cloud hangs over future of all-weather runway
Controversial plans for a new all-weather runway at Northamptonshire’s Sywell Aerodrome are being challenged in the High Court. Campaigners, who fear that the development will cause both environmental damage and…
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Contractor must pay more than £700,000 following flood
Contractor Connaught Mason has been ordered to pay more than £700,000 damages in respect of a flood at a London property that occurred over the 2000/2001 New Year period.
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Vendors succeed in first round of overage dispute
VAT — Respondent paying VAT on acquisition of land — Respondent disposing of land and entering into building contract in respect of it — Tribunal holding some tax recoverable because…
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Lords consider valuation dispute
A dispute over the freehold valuation of property in St John’s Wood, London NW8, moved to the House of Lords today.
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Stamp duty modernised for e-conveyancing
The government has published the Finance Bill 2003 to modernise the collection of stamp duty and to pave the way for e-conveyancing.
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Council sued over footpath status
IDP General Partner, of George Street, London, is suing Hertfordshire County Council for £3.3m in a dispute over the status of a footpath.
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Eton College seeks to evict tenant
Eton College is seeking a possession order to remove a tenant from one of its farmhouses in Lewes, East Sussex. In April 1999, Graham Awbery took a 25-year lease of…
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North Yorkshire green-belt development quashed for second time
The long-disputed development of an equestrian centre in the North Yorkshire green belt has been successfully challenged for a second time.
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Banker denied share in golf club sale proceeds
The High Court has ruled that Carlo Silvera, an Italian banker, is not entitled to one-half of the sale proceeds of a golf club.
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Caravan operator not subject to VAT exemption
The High Court has rejected a claim by a caravan park operator that its business should be exempt from VAT. Colaingrove Ltd, which operates 22 caravan parks throughout the UK,…
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Damages awarded in noise nuisance claim
A wealthy Lincolnshire farmer has been awarded £950,000 damages in a dispute with the Ministry of Defence over noise nuisance at his Grade I listed country estate.