Practice point
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Assessment of water supply in a planning application can be deferred for a later stage
The court dismissed a challenge to grant planning permission for the nuclear plant Sizewell C
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Due process must be followed to punish for contempt
Court can only commit a solicitor if procedural requirements have been complied with or waived
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Claim to title by adverse possession fails for non-compliance with transitional provisions
The High Court has dismissed an appeal over interpretation of the 2002 Act on adverse possession
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Council tax assessment of HMO focused on too narrow a test
Relying on rateable occupation to identify the number of hereditaments is insufficient
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Easements – access right is limited by its terms
Case was an acrimonious neighbour dispute “ripe for mediation”
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Nuanced or fact-sensitive issues should be determined at trial
An application to strike out a claim in negligence has failed
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Lender not liable for common law negligence where there is no advisory duty
The court has struck out claims in Mr Shokrollah-Babaee v EFG Private Bank Ltd
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Occupier’s liability – no breach of duty where visitor misjudges step
Court of Appeal has dismissed a second appeal for damages for personal injury
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Developer penalised for cynical ‘build first, apply later’ approach
Tribunal took a dim view of developer betting restrictive covenant would not be enforced
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Property claim struck out as caught by release in settlement deed
The court has struck out a claim in Obaid and others v RLS Solicitors Ltd t/a RLS Law
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Surveyors entitled to costs of unsuccessful negligence claim on a standard basis
The court has considered cost claims in Hope Capital Ltd and another v Alexander Reece Thomson LLP
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Mortgagee sale to self is void
Unless a mortgage deed provides otherwise, a mortgagee may not, in the exercise of its power…