On learning that a sale of land has been “completed”, you would normally assume that the entire purchase price has been paid over.
Landlords minded to levy distress should take the greatest care to ensure that the tenant is in no position to assert a set-off — a danger now greatly increased by…
Q We are about to apply for consent for a residential development. The only foreseeable snag is our need to acquire access over an adjacent site so that we can…
By sections 31 and 36 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, “general policies” and “detailed policies” must respectively be included in the structure plan and the local plan.
Where a person (A) asserts an overriding interest against a purchaser (P) of registered land, and does so on the basis of his “actual occupation” at the material time, he…
An alleged interference with a right of way, or other easement, is not actionable unless it can be fairly described as “substantial”.
“But the implications usually explained by the maxim that no one can derogate from his own grant do not stop short with easements.
L lends £1m to B on the security of Whiteacre, which has been professionally valued by V (engaged by L) at £1.2m.
Q As a surveyor mainly concerned with residential properties, my attention was naturally drawn to Farley v Skinner [2001] 48 EG 131 and [2001] 49 EG 120, where the House…
Q In preparation for a change of use, for which there is a deemed permission under the 1995 General Permitted Development Order, we are about to carry out extensive interior…
At a theoretical level, no distinction should be drawn between residential and commercial premises when it comes to deciding whether a paying occupier enjoys a lease or a mere licence.