Legal
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R (on the application of Carmichael and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and three similar appeals
Human rights – Housing benefit – Regulation B13 of Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 – Article 14 of European Convention on Human Rights – Reduction of housing benefit for those deemed…
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Rochester Cathedral not liable for a trip on its estate, court rules
A judge has overturned a ruling ordering Rochester Cathedral to pay £21,597 to a man who tripped on a small piece of concrete on the cathedral estate
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Supreme Court Brexit ruling not expected until 2017
The legal row over the government’s authority to trigger Article 50, and withdraw the UK from the European Union without parliamentary approval, will, as expected, be heard by the Supreme…
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Saint v Kightley
Landlord and tenant Rent determination
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Saint v Kightley
Landlord and tenant – Rent determination – Reasons – Respondent landlord applying for increase in registered fair rent for flat let to appellant tenant – First-tier tribunal determining rent higher…
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Certificate of title updated
The City of London Law Society’s Land Law Committee has updated its widely used certificate of title
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Kensington & Chelsea fends off basement challenge
A planning permission granted by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea under its controversial basements policy has survived an attack at the Planning Court
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Open plan estates – challenging the restrictions on boundary structures
In Re Davie [2016] UKUT 0462 owners of a residential plot on an open-plan estate applied for discharge or modification of a 1967 restrictive covenant prohibiting them from building a…
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Palmer v Herefordshire Council and another
Town and country planning Listed building
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Palmer v Herefordshire Council and another
Town and country planning – Listed building – Harm – Grant of planning permission for poultry broiler units on agricultural land – Development site close to listed former railway station…
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Business rates battle under way at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today heard an appeal of “great consequence” to business rates, in particular the calculation of rateable value for office premises undergoing refurbishment.