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Timestamp: 2018-11-15 19:55:28
Document Index: 296969222

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 1', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ']

Chancery Division ~20
Queen's Bench Division ~20
UT (TCC), UT (AAC) etc. ~10
Privy Council ~2
Previous 10 Years 85
Previous 5 Years 85
Previous 2 Years 75
Previous Year 42
Land law 93
Trusts and Chancery 2
Ravenscroft v Canal & River Trust
24 Jul 2017 [2017] EWHC 1874 (Ch); [2018] 1 WLR 249; [2017] WLR (D) 510, Ch D (The Hon Mrs Justice Asplin DBE)
STATUTORY POWER — Construction — Statutory navigational authority
RIVER — Statutory navigational authority — Extent of powers
STATUTORY POWER — Construction — Statutory navigational authority — Claimant mooring pleasure boat on waterway without licence — Authority removing boat and agreeing to release upon payment of removal and storage charges and licence fee arrears — Whether boat moored on “main navigable channel” and therefore requiring licence — Whether removal of boat breach of claimant’s right to peaceful enjoyment of his possessions — Whether removal of vessel and its release upon payment of fees constituting levying of unlawful distress — Statute of Marlborough 1267 (52 Hen 3), ss 1, 4 — British Waterways Act 1971 (c 18), ss 4, 5 — British Waterways Act 1983 (c 2), s 8 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt II, art 1
RIVER — Statutory navigational authority — Extent of powers — Claimant mooring pleasure boat on river — No pleasure boat certificate in force in respect of boat — Authority removing boat and agreeing to release on payment of removal and storage charges and licence fee arrears — Whether boat moored on “main navigable channel” so as to require certificate — Whether unlawfully moored — Whether removal of boat breach of claimant’s Convention right to peaceful enjoyment of his possessions — Whether removal of boat and its release on payment of fees constituting levying of unlawful distress — British Waterways Act 1971 (c xviii), ss 4, 5 — British Waterways Act 1983 (c ii), s 8 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt II, art 1
4–6 Trinity Church Square Freehold Ltd v Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond
08 Nov 2016 [2016] UKUT 484 (LC); [2017] L & TR 25 , UT
18 Apr 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 764; [2018] 1 WLR 4876; [2018] WLR(D) 230, CA (McCombe, Moylan, Asplin LJJ)
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Collective enfranchisement — Tenants’ right to acquire freehold
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Tenants’ right to acquire freehold
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Collective enfranchisement — Tenants’ right to acquire freehold — Leases containing revocable licence entitling tenants to use garden — Tenants’ exercising right to acquire freehold of main premises — Parties agreeing freeholder to retain freehold of garden subject to tenants being able to use it — Freeholder offering revocable rights over garden in lieu of acquiring freehold of garden — Whether necessary for rights over garden to be irrevocable — Meaning of “such permanent rights” — Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Developments Act 1993 (c 28), s 1(4)(a)
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Tenants’ right to acquire freehold — Leases containing revocable licence entitling tenants to use garden — Tenants exercising right to acquire freehold of main premises — Parties agreeing freeholder to retain freehold of garden subject to tenants being able to use it — Freeholder offering revocable rights over garden in lieu of acquiring freehold of garden — Whether revocable rights satisfying requirement to confer “permanent rights” — Whether tenants to be granted irrevocable rights to use garden — Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c 28) (as amended by Housing Act 1996 (c 52), s 107, Sch 10, para 2), s 1(4)(a)(ii)
20 Feb 2017 [2017] EWHC 891 (Ch); [2017] EWHC B6 (Ch); [2017] 4 WLR 73; [2017] WLR (D) 133, Ch D (Mr Michael Brindle)
19 Jun 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 1396; [2018] WLR(D) 376, CA (Lord Justice Lewison, Lord Justice Leggatt, Sir Colin Rimer)
CONTRACT — Misrepresentation — Exclusion clause
TRUSTS — Liability of trustees — Personal liability
CONTRACT — Misrepresentation — Exclusion clause — Landlords representing in replies to inquiries that premises having no environmental problems — Discovery of asbestos causing tenant to occupy leased premises late — Tenant claiming damages for misrepresentation — Landlords seeking to rely on exclusion clause in lease — Whether excluding reliance on replies to inquiries satisfying reasonableness requirement — Misrepresentation Act 1967 (c 7), s 3
CONTRACT — Misrepresentation — Exclusion clause — Clause in lease stating that tenant did not enter into lease in reliance on any statement or representation made by landlords — Tenant claiming damages for misrepresentation made by landlords’ in pre-contractual inquiries — Whether clause having effect of excluding liability for misrepresentation — Whether clause reasonable — Misrepresentation Act 1967 (c 7), s 3
TRUSTS — Liability of trustees — Personal liability — Lease stating landlords executing lease in capacity as trustees of trust and not otherwise — Tenant claiming damages for misrepresentation made by landlords’ in pre-contractual inquiries — Whether lease limiting landlords’ liability for damages for misrepresentation — Misrepresentation Act 1967, s 2
[2015] UKUT 619 (LC)
29 Jun 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 846; [2018] 2 WLR 1016; [2017] WLR (D) 442, CA (Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Briggs, Lord Justice Bean)
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Purchase price
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Purchase price — Valuation assumptions — Previous tenant obtaining lease extension — Current tenant exercising right to purchase freehold — Whether freehold price determined by expiry date of original lease or extended lease — Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c 88) (as amended by Housing Act 1974 (c 44), s 118(4), Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c 63), s 23(1) and Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c 15), s 143(4)), s 9(1A)(1AA) — Interpretation Act 1978 (c 30), s 17(2)(a)
Wolstenholme v Curzon
[2015] UKUT 173 (LC), UT
26 Jul 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 1098; [2018] 1 WLR 4497; [2017] WLR (D) 530, CA (Gross, Moylan LJJ, Asplin J)
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Tenant’s right to acquire reversion
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Tenant’s right to acquire reversion — Tenants serving initial notice claiming collective enfranchisement — Landlord transferring freehold to third party and re-acquiring freehold shortly afterwards by way of gift — Initial notice not registered with Land Registry until after re-acquisition of freehold by landlord — Whether notice surviving transfers of freehold and effective against landlord — Whether First-tier Tribunal having jurisdiction to determine terms of transfer of freehold — Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c 28) (as amended by Land Registration Act 2002 (c 9), Sch 11, para 30(3)), ss 13(11), 19(3), 97(1)
Toms v Ruberry
24 Nov 2017 [2017] EWHC 2970 (QB); [2018] 1 WLR 1138; [2017] WLR(D) 783, QBD (Mr Justice Dingemans)
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Forfeiture of lease — Re-entry
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Forfeiture of lease — Re-entry — Right of re-entry for breach of covenant not enforceable until landlord serving on tenant notice specifying particular breach — Landlord alleging tenant in breach of covenant and serving notice — Particular breach relied on not specified in notice — Particular breach relied on not yet occurring — Whether right of re-entry arising — Whether notice valid — Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 20), s 146(1)
NRAM Ltd v Evans (Chief Land Registrar intervening)
29 May 2015 [2015] EWHC 1543 (Ch), Ch D
19 Jul 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 1013; [2018] 1 WLR 639; [2017] WLR (D) 491, CA (Kitchin, David Richards and Henderson LJJ)
15 Feb 2018 [2018] 1 WLR 1563, SC(E) (Lord Mance DPSC, Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs JJSC)
LAND REGISTRATION — Registration — Alteration of register
LAND REGISTRATION — Registration — Alteration of register — Lender mistakenly discharging legal charge over borrowers’ property — Land Registry consequently removing charge from register — Judge rescinding discharge of charge — Whether judge empowered to alter register by restoring charge — Whether such alteration permitted as correction of “mistake” or bringing register up to date — Land Registration Act 2002 (c 9), Sch 4, paras 1, 2(1)
R (Sharp) v North Essex Magistrates’ Court
[2015] EWHC 3957 (Admin), QBD (Haddon-Cave J)
31 Jul 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 1143; [2017] 1 WLR 3789; [2017] WLR (D) 538, CA (Lady Justice Gloster, Lord Justice Gross, Lord Justice Briggs)
WATER — Flood defence — Powers of entry onto land
ENVIRONMENT — Environment agency — Powers of entry onto land
ENVIRONMENT — Landowners withholding consent to Environment Agency entering land to carry out new flood alleviation works — Whether agency having statutory general power of entry
WATER — Flood defence — Powers of entry onto land — Landowners withholding consent to Environment Agency entering land to carry out flood alleviation works — Whether Environment Agency confined to powers of compulsory purchase or compulsory works orders — Whether Environment Agency empowered to exercise general powers of entry — Water Resources Act 1991 (c 57), ss 154, 165, 168, 172
ENVIRONMENT — Environment agency — Powers of entry onto land — Flood alleviation scheme — Landowners withholding consent to Environment Agency entering land to carry out new flood alleviation works — Whether Environment Agency confined to powers of compulsory purchase or compulsory works orders — Whether having statutory general power of entry — Water Resources Act 1991 (c 57) (as amended by Environment Act 1995 (c 25), s 120, Sch 22, para 128, Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c 29), s 31, Sch 2, para 47 and Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (SI 2013/755), Sch 2, paras 278(2), 284(2), 288(2), 292(2)), ss 154, 165, 168, 172
ENVIRONMENT — Landowners withholding consent to Environment Agency entering land to carry out new flood alleviation works — Whether agency having statutory general power of entry —
Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd v RMC FH Co Ltd
24 Oct 2017 [2017] EWHC 2609 (Ch); [2018] Ch 195; [2018] 2 WLR 432; [2017] WLR(D) 707, Ch D (Mr Justice Morgan)
EASEMENT — Light — Right to light by prescription
EASEMENT — Right of light — Prescription
EASEMENT — Light — Right to light by prescription — Property subject to lease acquiring right of light by prescription — New development threatening to interfere with right — Lessee proposing to agree with developer to release right of light — Whether right of light acquired after demise of property under lease appurtenant to freehold of property — Whether agreement releasing right of light permitted — Prescription Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will 4, c 71), s 3
EASEMENT — Right of light — Prescription — Lessee covenanting not to permit encroachment on demised premises — Prescriptive right of light acquired in respect of building erected on premises after date of demise — Lessee proposing to release right to developers of site immediately opposite premises — Whether right of light subject of demise as right appurtenant to freehold — Whether release of right by lessee breach of covenant — Prescription Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will 4, c 71), s 3
Trustees of Sloane Stanley Estate v Mundy
10 May 2016 [2016] UKUT 223 (LC), UT
24 Jan 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 35; [2018] 1 WLR 4751; [2018] WLR(D) 42, CA (Arden, Lewison, Peter Jackson LJJ)
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Lease — Tenant’s right to acquire new lease
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Lease — Tenant’s right to acquire new lease — Premium payable by tenant on grant of new lease — Models for valuing existing lease on statutory assumption that no rights to acquire new lease existing — Whether particular model appropriate method for determining leasehold relativity — Whether within Upper Tribunal’s functions to rule out future use of particular model — Extent of statutory valuation assumptions — Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c 28), Sch 13, para 4A(1)(b) (as inserted by Housing Act 1996 (c 52), ss 110(4)(5), 232(1))