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Discharging leasehold covenants
Restrictive covenants are, in broad terms, contractual restrictions imposed on the current user/owner of land, often imposed by a former…
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Case Comment: Gow v Grant [2012] UKSC 29, the Supreme Court rules on cohabitation
By Marilyn Stowe
This piece was originally posted on the Marilyn Stowe Blog and is reposted here with thanks.
I first wrote…
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Case comment: Phillips v Mulcaire [2012] UKSC 28
By Dan Tench
The Supreme Court has had its first (and perhaps last) look at an issue arising from the phone…
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Refusing irrationally
May, R (on the application of) v Birmingham City Council [2012] EWHC 1399 (Admin)When can a Local Authority refuse to…
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Six months rent in advance is a deposit says Judge
In past posts on this blog, I and others have maintained that where a tenant pays six months rent in…
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The Cold Renormalisation
Liverpool City Council v Kassim [2011] UKUT 169 (LC)A thank you to the EHP who brought our attention to this…
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The Norwegian Blue
Lindheim and others v Norway 13221/08 & 2139/10 is a case about leasehold enfranchisement, Norwegian style. I wanted to cover…
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Case Comment: Humphreys v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2012] UKSC 18
By Stephen Smith and Sean Mackenzie, Olswang LLP
Summary
The Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the appeal of Humphreys v…
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Robert Prow and Others v. Argyll and Bute Council, [2012] CSOH 77, 9 May 2012
Outer House case concerning a rent review under a lease of premises in Helensburgh. The landlords were the trustees of…
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Morston Whitecross Limited v. Falkirk Council, [2012] CSOH 97, 8 June 2012
Outer House case concerning the extent of a public road (the A801) at Whitecross near Linlithgow. The question for the…
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