Objects brought on to land fall into one of three categories. They may be chattels, or fixtures, which, in law, belong with the land, or they may form part of…
Peel Land & Property (Ports No 3) Ltd v TS Sheerness Steel Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 100; [2014] PLSCS 53 concerned the Sheerness Steel Works in Kent, which were let…
Landlord and tenant Fixtures and fittings
Classification of objects on land
Housebuyers looking to avoid full stamp duty by purchasing fixtures separately may face the taxman’s wrath under the SDLT regime. In the past, sellers of properties close to the £250,000…
A case of asset stripping?. A vendor is clearly in breach of contract if, before giving up possession, he removes items that ranked as fixtures at the date upon which…