Practice point
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Compulsory purchase – dilapidated property has greater value than deducting refurbishment costs
Case concerned a three-bedroomed mid-terrace long leasehold house in Burnley
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Landlord and tenant – landlord’s refusal of consent for alterations, reasonable
High Court considered such an application in Messenex Property Investments Ltd v Lanark Square Ltd
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Sequential test does not force a development to be in a low-flood-risk area
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an applicant of a proposed development in an area with risk of…
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Tenant’s purchase notice valid in absence of notice of freehold sale
Landlord fails to serve notice giving right of first refusal
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Contact with tree branches overhanging the river does not constitute trespass
Trespass requires a physical connection between the trespasser and the land
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Upper Tribunal allows retention of extensions despite retrospective application
Case relates to a 1980 conveyance prohibiting any extensions to a bungalow in Bude, Cornwall
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Rule-breaking and poor litigation conduct justifies award for indemnity costs
Litigants can play hardball if they consider it to be in their interests – if they play by the rules
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Immovable property does not become movable property on sale
The relevant date for establishing the law relating to immovable property is the date of death…
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Lease options: ordinary rules on deposit payments don’t apply
Case concerned exercise of options, not contract of sale and purchase
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Claim to a private right of vehicular access fails
The latest iteration of a neighbour dispute spanning almost 50 years
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Lagoon occupiers not liable for consequences of one in 20-year possibility surfing accident
Whether there is liability under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 is essentially a factual…
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Transfer of property pursuant to instruction of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia valid
To be effective, any limitation on the exercise of an owner’s powers which would restrict…