Practice points
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Principal sum and moratorium
Concerning whether the principal sum is a moratorium debt or not
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Does rent or the tone of the rating list determine rateable value?
Regarding the assessment of a purpose-built distribution warehouse
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Lenders obliged to protect vulnerable borrowers in hybrid transactions
Bank failed to take steps to follow the Etridge protocol
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Claim for specific performance fails because the contract was impossible to perform
Regarding the powers of a mortgagor following mortgagee repossession
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Manchester Ship Canal loses appeal over property rights
Court has ruled that interference with property rights is permissible where it is proportionate
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Landlord fails to recover ‘commission’ rebated on arranging insurance cover
Decision in London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas will have far-reaching effects
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Buildings occupied together with agricultural land entitled to rates exemption
Case concerned three buildings owned by a free-range egg company
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Statutory purpose of empty rates legislation does not exclude rates mitigation schemes
The case concerned several floors at 2 America Square London EC3
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Council entitled to selectively enforce restrictive covenant
Regarding alterations to property
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What amounts to proof of a mistake on the land register?
Suhitharan v Iwaskiewicz highlights how land registry mistakes can cause disputes
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Homeowners succeed in noise nuisance claim against school
Regarding derogation from grant and noise nuisance
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Statutory nuisance – notice does not need to say what steps must be taken
Regarding the requirements for a noise abatement notice