Legal
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Re Mintblue Properties Ltd’s appeal
Compulsory purchase – Alternative development – Land Compensation Act 1961 – Appellant’s site included within area of compulsory purchase order for highway scheme – Application for certificate of appropriate alternative…
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R (on the application of XPL Ltd) v Harlow Council
Town and country planning Condition
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R (on the application of XPL Ltd) v Harlow Council
Town and country planning – Condition – Interpretation – Planning permission for appellant’s bus depot containing condition restricting permitted hours of “repairs or maintenance of vehicles or other industrial or…
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Mayfair art dealer in noise nuisance battle with landlord
A high- end art dealer in Mayfair is seeking around £1m in damages from its landlord over alleged noise and disturbance from redevelopment work being carried out to the floors…
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Buyer’s conveyancers and fake seller’s solicitors equally liable to victim of property fraud
A solicitors firm and conveyancers have been held equally liable for a near-£500,000 property fraud perpetrated by a client, in a case highlighting the professional duties for those acting on…
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Environment Agency v Gibbs and another
Inland waterways Vessel
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Environment Agency v Gibbs and another
Inland waterways – Vessel – Houseboat – Respondents occupying houseboats being convicted of keeping unregistered vessel on waterway contrary to Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) Order 2010 – Crown Court allowing…
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Purrunsing v A’Court & Co (a firm) and another
Sale of land Breach of trust
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Purrunsing v A’Court & Co (a firm) and another
Sale of land – Breach of trust – Solicitor – Registered conveyancer – Fraudulent vendor purporting sell property to claimant – Claimant suing defendant conveyancer and purported vendor’s solicitor for…
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Beware of boilerplate clauses in leases because one size does not fit all
There is sometimes a parallel between drafting and negotiating a lease and solving an algebraic equation: a change here necessitates another change elsewhere. Consider, for example, a forfeiture clause.
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Legal notes: Viscount Hewart’s legacy
In 1923, the judge famously coined the phrase “not only must justice be done, it must also be seen to be done. Stuart Pemble highlights its continued importance
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Planning notes: Outlook changeable
Martin Edwards takes a look at proposals in the government’s “Technical consultation on implementation of planning changes”, including introducing competition into processing planning applications. As the Housing and Planning Bill…