Legal
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Munday and another v Crown Estate Commissioners
Restrictive covenants – Discharge or modification – Costs – Applicant under section 84 of Law of Property Act 1925 to modify restrictive covenants to permit proposed development – Respondents objecting…
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Benge v Benge and another
Civil practice and procedure – Dissolution of partnership – Sale of land – Summary judgment – Claimant and defendants farming in partnership – Partnership being dissolved – Claimant seeking order…
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Barney-Smith and another v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Town and country planning, Tree preservation order
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Barney-Smith and another v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Town and country planning – Tree preservation order – Undertaking – Appellants operating caravan site with planning permission – Trees felled in breach of TPO – Appellants giving undertaking as…
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Western Trading Ltd v Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) SE (formerly Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) plc)
Insurance – Indemnity – Building destroyed by fire – Manager of building claiming under insurance policy for cost of reinstatement – Whether manager entitled to recover reinstatement cost – Whether…
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Caribbean developer Harlequin awarded $11.6m damages against accountants
Caribbean resort developer Harlequin Property has been awarded $11.6m in damages in its claim against accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy
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A legal Christmas carol
Allyson Colby, James Driscoll and Stuart Pemble are in high spirits at the end of another busy year, drawing on literary inspiration to unleash a Dickens of a Legal Notes…
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The farmers’ Christmas list
If rural landowners and farmers drafted a letter to Santa, it might look a little like this…
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New rules of interest
An update on incoming corporate interest deductibility rules
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Q&A: Am I liable for Brexit?
Can an admittedly negligent surveyor could be held to account for collapse in a property’s value post-referendum?