Practice point
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The cost of failure – the impact of the rules of intestacy
The High Court considered the case of Kenneth Grizzle and a dispute between his executors
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Damages for trespass based on benefit to trespasser, not loss to landowner
High Court considered claim in Chedington Events Ltd v Brake and another
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Injuries to unborn child: hotel liable for failure to provide guard rail
Hotel liable for breach of duty under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
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Claims for trespass and malicious prosecution not an abuse of process
Court of Appeal decides three elements of possible abuse were not made out
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Ownership of trust land – funds provided for local ownership on local terms
The case concerned 16 acres of land acquired by adherents of the Tablighi Jamaat movement
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Improvement notices: ignore at your peril
Landlords face mandatory injunctions if they ignore notices to carry out improvements
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Single residence covenant modified to allow use as care home
Planning permission for a proposed use invariably means that the use is reasonable
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Beneficial interest – disputed facts
Determination of disputed facts should not be carried out in a piecemeal, compartmentalised manner
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Regimes under the 1954 Act and the Telecoms Code are sequential, not concurrent
An operator that has lost its rights under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is able to claim new…
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Owner of listed building able to operate B&B business
Where a building is listed, the planning system can fulfil the same function as a restrictive…
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Limit to statutory succession not discriminatory
Where a person’s inability to succeed was a consequence of the operation of legislation rather than…
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Contract formalities required for future not actual dispositions
An “unmeritorious argument” has been considered in Mortgage Five Zero Ltd v Secretary of State for Business and Trade