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Calvert v Clydesdale Bank Plc and Others: CA 27 Jun 2012

The widow and personal representative of the chargor challenged the enforcement proceedings taken by the bank under a guarantee. The chargor had begun to suffer Alzheimers disease. She now sought leave toappeal saying that to enforce the guarantee, the bank should have applied to appointed receivers under the 1983 Act. Held: Leave to appeal was … Continue reading Calvert v Clydesdale Bank Plc and Others: CA 27 Jun 2012

Dolphin Quays Developments Ltd v Mills and others: CA 17 May 2007

The owner had agreed to sell a long lease of an apartment to the defendant. Part of the price was to be by way of set off of an existing debt, but ths was not set out in the contract. The claimant bought the land and the benfit of the contract from the original developer, … Continue reading Dolphin Quays Developments Ltd v Mills and others: CA 17 May 2007

Gaskell v Gosling: CA 28 Apr 1896

The agency of a receiver for the mortgagor is one where the principal, the mortgagor, has no say in the appointment or identity of the receiver and is not entitled to give any instructions to the receiver or to dismiss the receiver. ‘For valuable consideration he has committed the management of his property to an … Continue reading Gaskell v Gosling: CA 28 Apr 1896

Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-Operative Ltd: SC 9 Nov 2011

The tenant appealed against an order granting possession. The tenancy, being held of a mutual housing co-operative did not have security but was in a form restricting the landlord’s right to recover possession, and the tenant resisted saying that it was worded to create a lease for life (applying the LRB case). Held: The tenant’s … Continue reading Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-Operative Ltd: SC 9 Nov 2011

Omar v El-Wakil: CA 11 Jul 2001

The parties entered into two linked contracts providing for a property and a business to be transferred, a lease granted and otherwise. The transfer of the property was in the sum expressed in the sum and at the time the other agreement provided for the deposit. After that transfer the claimant issued a notice to … Continue reading Omar v El-Wakil: CA 11 Jul 2001

Odey and Others v Barber: ChD 29 Nov 2006

The claimants sought a declaration that they had two rights of way over a neighbour’s land. One was claimed by continuous use for twenty years, and the second was said to have been implied under the 1925 Act. No express grant was suggested. Silber J [2006] EWHC 3109 (Ch), [2007] 3 All ER 543, [2008] … Continue reading Odey and Others v Barber: ChD 29 Nov 2006

London Borough of Harrow v Qazi: HL 31 Jul 2003

The applicant had held a joint tenancy of the respondent. His partner gave notice and left, and the property was taken into possession. The claimant claimed restoration of his tenancy saying the order did not respect his right to a private life and home. Held: Article 8 does not, in terms, give a right to … Continue reading London Borough of Harrow v Qazi: HL 31 Jul 2003