Legal
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A contractual precedence clause came into its own where clauses could not fairly and sensibly be read together.
Alexander (as representative of the “Property 118 Action Group”) v West Bromwich Mortgage Co Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 496;[2016] PLSCS 163 concerned the extent of a lender’s contractual right to…
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Government challenges ruling giving travelling family a chance to settle on land between sewage plant and abattoir
A government lawyer today asked London’s Court of Appeal to overturn a ruling that gave a travelling family another chance to continue to live on waterlogged land in-between a sewage…
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Alexander (as representative of the “Property 118 Action Group”) v West Bromwich Mortgage Co Ltd
Mortgage – Conditions – Appellant taking out interest-only “tracker” mortgage with respondent lender to fund buy-to-let investment – Mortgage offer specifying term of mortgage as 25 years with interest rate…
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Buy-to-let BoE base rate tracker 25-year mortgage must track BoE base rate and last 25 years, court rules
The Court of Appeal in London has backed a buy-to-let investor who claimed that the terms of his mortgage were unfair
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Whitstable residents can challenge seafront development, court rules
Residents association The Whitstable Society can challenge Canterbury City Council’s decision to sell off a seafront plot of land known as the Oval for an initial payment of £165,000
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Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Ltd v Wisbey and another
Leasehold enfranchisement Lease extension
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Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Ltd v Wisbey and another
Leasehold enfranchisement – Lease extension – Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 – Parties agreeing terms of new lease – Appellant landlord claiming solicitors’ costs pursuant to section…
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BDW Trading Ltd (t/a David Wilson Homes (Central, Mercia and West Midlands)) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning Development plan
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BDW Trading Ltd (t/a David Wilson Homes (Central, Mercia and West Midlands)) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Appellant’s planning inspector refusing planning permission for residential development on grounds of conflict with development…
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Judge rejects worldwide freezing order against Candy brothers
Nick and Christian Candy have fended off an application for a worldwide freezing order against them, in the latest hearing in a £100m-plus dispute
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Maud bankruptcy on hold pending appeal
Glenn Maud has won a stay of execution on a bankruptcy order, to allow him the chance to pursue an appeal