Legal notes
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All I want for Christmas is… Legal Notes
The Legal Notes team don’t want a lot – just for you to enjoy their annual round-up of the year’s major cases
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Legal notes: The 12 days before Christmas
The Legal Notes team present their annual festive round-up of the year’s major cases.
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What does live/work actually mean?
Analysis of a case that turned on the proper meaning of the popular phrase “live/work”
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Surrendering a joint tenancy
A recent judgment provided a useful summary on surrendering a joint tenancy by operation of law
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Circumventing the right of first refusal
An interesting case arising from a breach of the right of first refusal under the LTA 1987
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When adjudication principles collide
The TCC has upheld an adjudicator’s decision which presented two alternative outcomes
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Key elements of a constructive trust
Both a common intention and detrimental reliance are required to establish a constructive trust
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A matter of unconscionability
Louise Clark reviews a Supreme Court ruling on the aim of a remedy under proprietary estoppel
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The curious case of the unpaid builder
A recent decision reminds us that facts tend to win more cases than clever legal arguments
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Simplifying complicated pleadings using extrapolation
Stuart Pemble considers the recent approval of a claimant pleading its case on an extrapolated basis
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Credits roll on pandemic rent defences
Louise Clark analyses the latest ruling in favour of landlords on unpaid rent during Covid-19
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Service charges: when it pays to demand properly and in time
Elizabeth Dwomoh explains why compliance with the contractual machinery of the lease is crucial