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Welsh Water seeks to quash expensive sewer decision
Welsh Water is asking the High Court to determine whether it must install costly public sewers in two villages near Abergavenny and Wrexham.
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Law Lords uphold Tower Hamlet’s accommodation policy
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council have successfully warded off legal moves that, if successful, could have forced local authorities throughout the country to review procedures for dealing with the homeless.
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Time limit test case moves to Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal is considering a test case concerning time limits for tenants making postal applications to rent assessment area committees, under section 13(4) of the Housing Act.
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Father and son dispute beneficial interest in family home
Competing claims by a father and his solicitor son as to the extent of their respective beneficial shares in the family home at 122 Church Lane, East Finchley, London N2,…
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Welsh compulsory purchase dispute to go to full hearing
A long-running legal dispute over land worth £500,000 at Rhydefelin, Pontypridd, looks set to be heard in full, following a Court of Appeal ruling.
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Pub owners must pay the price for flooding
The owners of the Talbot Hotel pub in Richmond, North Yorkshire, have failed in their Appeal Court challenge to a ruling that they must pay more than £35,000 compensation after…
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Lessors succeed in South Kensington lease dispute
The lessors of a South Kensington property have warded off a High Court challenge to their refusal to assign the remainder of the term of the lease of 1 Thurloe…
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Occupiers’ liability test case commences in Appeal Court
The proprietors of Folkestone Harbour today launched a test-case challenge to a High Court ruling that they were 25% liable, under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984, for an incident in…
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High Court considers residential/commercial conflict
The High Court has backed the refusal of planning permission for a residential development in Birmingham, in a judgment that considers the conflict between commercial/industrial and residential land uses.
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Professional negligence claim to be reheard
Property owners David and Patricia Sunley have succeeded in their attempt to reopen a claim for damages for professional negligence against Gowland & White (Surveyors & Estate Agents) Ltd.
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High Court to decide brewery-tie damages dispute
The High Court is hearing a test-case damages claim over an alleged breach of European competition law. Bernard Crehan, who leased two Staines pubs between 1991 and 1993, has claimed…
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Heart specialists sue over central London property lease
Six heart specialists are suing a London clinic for more than £250,000 in a dispute over the lease of a property in Upper Wimpole Street, London W1.