Legal
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Denholm v Stobbs
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 – Lease extension – Respondent applying for new lease of maisonette under Chapter II of Part I to 1993 Act – Appeal…
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Court of Appeal backs neighbour in Ottercroft v Scania right to light case
The Court of Appeal in London today backed a ruling forcing a property owner to remove a staircase that infringed on his neighbour’s right to light.
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Glenn Maud faces renewed push for payment from Libyan creditors
Property tycoon Glenn Maud faced a renewed push from creditors today when lawyers representing the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) asked the Court of Appeal in London to overturn a ruling…
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DB UK Bank Ltd (t/a DB Mortgages) v Jacobs Solicitors
Civil practice and procedure Offer and acceptance
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DB UK Bank Ltd (t/a DB Mortgages) v Jacobs Solicitors
Civil practice and procedure – CPR Part 36 – Offer and acceptance – Defendant making offer to settle dispute without prejudice save as to costs not compliant with Part 36…
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Tiuta International Ltd (in liquidation) v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd
Negligence Valuation
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Tiuta International Ltd (in liquidation) v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd
Negligence – Valuation – Mortgage – Respondent firm of surveyors providing valuation of development site in connection with grant of loan facility by appellant – Borrower already indebted to appellant…
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Developers clash over Newbury redevelopment site
A development agreement between a council and St Modwen Developments, intended to bring forward decade-old plans for mixed-use regeneration of a Newbury industrial estate, is under challenge at the Planning…
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Surveyors must fight negligence claim after all
A Mayfair firm of chartered surveyors which had claimed an early victory in a negligence claim brought against it must now face a full trial of the action
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R (on the application of Biffa Waste Services Ltd) v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
Environment, Landfill tax
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R (on the application of Biffa Waste Services Ltd) v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
Environment – Landfill tax – Taxable disposal – Construction materials – Claimant applying for judicial review of decision of defendant Revenue and Customs Commissioners that “regulation layer” of waste subject…
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Goldsworthy and others v Harrison and another
Adjudicator, Jurisdiction