Practice point
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PP 2003/43
Property lawyers needing something to read on holiday need not stop at the airport bookshop. The Land Registration Rules 2003, which set out the detail of the system to be…
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PP 2003/42
It is now over one-and-a-half years since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down its decision in Customs & Excise Commissioners v Mirror Group plc (C409/98) (now known as…
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PP 2003/13
Solle v Butcher bites the dust. On what must have been a disastrous day for law school examiners, the Court of Appeal has decided that the much debated decision of…
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PP 2003/24
Comparables – whether arbitrator guilty of giving evidence to himself. Q The Court of Appeal decision in Checkpoint Ltd v Strathclyde Pension Fund [2003] EWCA Civ 84; [2003] 1 EGLR…
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PP 2003/41
The House of Lords has overruled the Court of Appeal in Sage v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2003] UKHL 22; [2003] 16 EG 102…
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PP 2000/37
The adjudication system introduced by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 is applicable to construction contracts concluded as of 1 May 1998.
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PP 2003/38
Misrepresenting the law. Q Can you bring or, as the case may be, defend, an action on the basis that you are a victim of a misrepresentation of law? .
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PP 2003/39
Landlord intending to occupy for own business: More guidance on section 30(1)(g) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Q The landlord of our business premises is resisting renewal on…
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PP 2003/36
Defective title – patching it up with the aid of insurance. You are keen to buy a property, but a question mark hangs over an old restrictive covenant, or there…
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PP 2003/37
Damages in lieu of rescission: Operation of section 2(2) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967. Q In what circumstances, if any, can you bring an action for damages under the 1967…
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PP 2000/4
Putting the question somewhat crudely, can an allegedly negligent valuer defend his valuation on the ground that everyone else was making silly valuations at the time? .
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PP 2003/34
New Act will sort out surrender problem. A business tenant wishes to assign, but cannot do so without first offering to surrender the lease to the landlord, this requirement having…