Legal
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Cripps Harries vindicated in fraud lawsuit over mortgage default
Law firm Cripps Harries won a lawsuit today in which a mortgage lender had accused it of fraud
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Artist Court Collective Ltd v Khan
Landlord and tenant Leasehold enfranchisement
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Artist Court Collective Ltd v Khan
Landlord and tenant – Leasehold enfranchisement – Section 4(2)(g) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 – Freehold interest in property held on trust for appellant being conveyed to beneficiary…
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Experienced partners to form boutique planning practice
A new specialist planning practice, Town Legal LLP, is to launch early next year, formed by industry leading partners from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and…
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Who should bear the loss where professionals have acted for a fraudster?
In P&P Property Ltd v Owen White & Caplin LLP [2016] EWHC 2276 (Ch); [2016] PLSCS 261 the court considered a range of remedies that might be available to a…
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Stodday Land Ltd and another v Pye
Landlord and tenant, Notice to quit
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Stodday Land Ltd and another v Pye
Landlord and tenant – Notice to quit – Registration gap – Appellant purchaser of agricultural land purporting to serve notice to quit on respondent tenant after transfer of title but…
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Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Zombory-Moldovan (t/a Craft Carnival)
VAT – Exempt supply – Value Added Tax Act 1994 – Respondent organising craft fairs – Respondent entering into licence agreement with stallholders for use of stall or pitch at…
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There is no right of first refusal if the disposal was ‘exempt’
In Artist Court Collective Ltd v Khan [2016] EWHC 2453, the owner of premises in north London, containing eight flats and three commercial units, has won an appeal against a…
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A notice to quit was invalid because it was served during the “registration gap”
The Law Commission noted recently that the registration gap has been lengthening, not shortening. Stodday Land Ltd v William Marsland Pye [2016] EWHC 2454 (Ch) alerts us, once again, to…
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Shayabalev v JSC BTA Bank
Abuse of process – Collateral attack on previous decision – Respondent bank applying for charging order over flat to secure judgment debt – Appellant claiming that he and not judgment…