Citations: [2018] UKFTT 329 (PC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Land Updated: 30 May 2022; Ref: scu.623698
Directions [2013] EWLandRA 2013 – 0318 Bailii Land Registration Act 2002 Registered Land Updated: 30 December 2021; Ref: scu.546247
Fair Coment on Political Activities The defendant newspaper had published articles wrongly accusing the claimant, the former Prime Minister of Ireland of duplicity. The paper now appealed, saying that it should have had available to it a defence of qualified privilege because of the claimant’s status as a politician. Held: The appeal failed (Lords Hope … Continue reading Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd and others: HL 28 Oct 1999
The Court was asked: ‘Whether, apart from and without prejudice to paragraph 14 of the defence, the cancellation of the restriction in favour of the claimant on 13th August 2008 and the restriction [sic]’ (by which it is agreed was meant ‘registration’) ‘on that date of Ms Awokiyesi in place of the bankrupt was a … Continue reading Pick v Chief Land Registrar: ChD 21 Jan 2011
LRA Claim under schedule 6 of the Land Registration Act 2002 for adverse possession of a flat by a squatter after the landlord had retaken possession of the flat but without having the leasehold title closed. Claim made to the Land Registry only in respect of the leasehold title. Claim upheld in respect of the … Continue reading Raj Properties Limited v James Walter John Wallace-Jarvis (Adverse Possession): LRA 8 Apr 2010
The claimant was a non-white head teacher, alleging that her school governors and local authority had undermined and had ‘deliberately endorsed a targeted campaign of discrimination, bullying, harassment and victimisation’ against her as an Asian head teacher; and that the Council, ‘deliberately and unlawfully endorsed a targeted campaign of discrimination, bullying and harassment and victimisation … Continue reading Singh v Moorlands Primary School and Another: CA 25 Jul 2013
The claimant said that the defendant had infriged its rights by the use of its logo on their publications. Judges: Proudman J Citations: [2011] EWHC 1489 (Ch) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Cited – Ladbroke (Football) Ltd v William Hill (Football) Ltd HL 1964 What is substantial copyingThe plaintiff alleged copying of their … Continue reading Future Publishing Ltd v The Edge Interactive Media Inc and Others: ChD 13 Jun 2011
LRA KEYWORDS – Adverse possession claim – Schedule 6 to the Land Registration Act 2002 – effect of Sections 96 and 97 of the 2002 Act – acknowledgment of title – Section 29 of the Limitation Act 1980 – Without prejudice’ correspondence – whether privileged – alleged perjury Citations: [2008] EWLandRA 2008 – 0321 Links: … Continue reading Michael Walton v Kerguelen Investments Limited (Practice and Procedure): LRA 22 Dec 2008
LRA Adverse Possession – Applications under Schedule 6 of the Land Registration Act 2002 – Procedure – Factual Possession Citations: [2008] EWLandRA 2007 – 0103 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Registered Land Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.429587
LRA Rectification of the register – Fraud – ‘Correcting a mistake’ – second charge – Schedule 4 Paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Land Registration Act 2002Ms Ajibade was the registered proprietor of a leasehold flat. Her sister forged a power of attorney in her own favour and in the purported exercise of that power transferred the … Continue reading Ajibade v Bank of Scotland Plc (Formerly Halifax Plc), Endeavour Personal Finance Limited (Alteration and Rectification of The Register): LRA 8 Apr 2008
LRA Adverse possession – locus standi of a person not having an interest in the land – adding new parties – holding a substantive hearing in absence of a party – Limitation Act 1980 Section 15; Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 and 8 – Land Registration Act 2002 Schedule 4; Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry … Continue reading Arnold and Arnold v Roughton Land Trust Musker and Musker, (Practice and Procedure): LRA 5 Nov 2007
In an earlier action the claimant said that he had been defraused of land by a forged transfer. The transfereee had charged the land to the respondent bank who in that action gained a decision that its charge was effective, the transfer being voidable, not void. He sought to bring a new action. Held: The … Continue reading Guy v Barclays Bank Plc: CA 8 Dec 2010
Judges: Norris J Citations: [2008] EWHC 263 (Ch) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: See Also – Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik; Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser Busch Inc ChD 20-May-1998 It is possible to grant two identical trade marks in respect of beer where either there was no confusion, or … Continue reading Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser-Busch Inc: ChD 19 Feb 2008
The claimants appealed an order finding that the defendant had acquired their land by adverse possession. They said that the defendant had asserted in defence to possession proceedings that they were tenants, and that this contradicted an intent to deny the claimants’ title. Held: The appeal failed. A finding by the ECHR that a particular … Continue reading Ofulue and Another v Bossert: CA 29 Jan 2008
The defendants had been charged with recklessly holding and then disclosing information about named individuals. It had exchanged a list of potential addressee’s for use in mailing lists with another charity. Held: Recklessness is defined by reference to the defendant’s foresight of the consequences as listed in the section, rather than the degree of harm … Continue reading Data Protection Registrar v Amnesty International (British Section): Admn 8 Nov 1994
The company was a subsidiary of two American companies, but was registered in Scotland. It charged its assets, but the charge was not registered in Scotland. On the insolvency of the company, the respondent chargee claimed it was a fixed charge not requiring registration. The administrators asserted that the charge was a floating charge and … Continue reading Arthur D Little Ltd (in Administration) v Ableco Finance LLC: ChD 27 Mar 2002
The disputed land, which had been unregistered until 2010 but was admittedly within the paper title which the Respondents first registered in 2010, comprised a steep bank down from a lawn to a field. It had been enclosed within the Applicant lawn owners’ land since 1980 at least. It was so enclosed by a scrappy … Continue reading Price, Price v Bartlett-Ward, Petrides, Saunders, Ward: FTTPC 2 Jul 2018
Tenants in a shopping precinct sought to enforce restrictive covenants directly against other tenants. Held: The leases were in the same form, and covenants had been imposed to restrict the uses to avoid conflict. The scheme had the characteristics required of a letting scheme. It was not necessary to look beyond the leases themselves. The … Continue reading Williams, Williams v Kiley T/A CK Supermarkets Limited: CA 21 Nov 2002
Judges: Pill LJ, Lord Walker of Guestingthorpe Citations: [2003] RPC 25, [2002] EWCA Civ 1534 Links: Bailii Statutes: Trades Mark Act 1994 46 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: See Also – Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik; Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser Busch Inc ChD 20-May-1998 It is possible to grant two identical … Continue reading Podnik v Anheuser-Busch Inc: CA 29 Oct 2002
The applicant said that its land had been misappropriated, and sought rectification of the register against the respondent who was a successor in title having bought the land from the wrongdoer. Held: On registration, section 69 operated to vest only the legal title in the prior registered proprietor. The transfer being of no effect in … Continue reading Malory Enterprises Ltd v Cheshire Homes (UK) Ltd and others: CA 22 Feb 2002
The name ‘Parma Ham’ was controlled as to its use under Italian law, and the associated mark, the ‘corona ducale’, was to be applied to a sale of Parma Ham, including any packaging. Proper Parma Ham was imported and resold through the defendant’s stores, under the name Parma Ham, but without the mark being shown. … Continue reading Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma v Asda Stores Limited and others: HL 8 Feb 2001
The registration of two trade marks (‘Budweiser’) with the identical names was against the Act since it would appear to encourage the very confusion the Act sought to avoid. Nevertheless, where there was genuine honest concurrent use, that use might justify registration. Clause 12 of the Act clearly envisaged honest concurrent use. Here the name … Continue reading Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budejovicky Bodvar Narodni Podnik; Budejovicky Bodvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser-Busch: CA 7 Feb 2000
The applicants were Belgian nationals and medical practitioners. Dr Le Compte was suspended from practising medicine for two years for an offence against professional discipline. He appealed to the Appeals Council, alleging violations of Article 6. In his absence the Appeals Council rejected his case and substituted for the two year suspension a direction to … Continue reading Albert And Le Compte v Belgium (Article 50): ECHR 24 Oct 1983
Land had been used as a park for many years. The council land owner refused to register it as a common, saying that by maintaining the park it had indicated that the use was by consent and licence, and that prescription did not apply. Held: Qualifying user having been found, there was nothing in the … Continue reading Regina v City of Sunderland ex parte Beresford: HL 13 Nov 2003
LRA On voluntary first registration in 2007, the land registered by mistake included land the paper title to which was vested in the Applicant. It adjoined a block of flats and shops and was used, for the most part under rights granted by their leases, for car parking and waste bins by the tenants. One … Continue reading Knights Construction (March) Limited v Roberto Mac Limited, The Chief Land Registrar (Fraud, Forgery, Duress and Undue Influence): LRA 9 Feb 2011
Limitation of Loss from Negligent Mis-statement The plaintiffs sought damages from accountants for negligence. They had acquired shares in a target company and, relying upon the published and audited accounts which overstated the company’s earnings, they purchased further shares. Held: The duties of an auditor are founded in contract and the extent of the duties … Continue reading Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman and others: HL 8 Feb 1990
(Northern Ireland) The claimant challenged the rules restricting payment of benefits to nationals from the 8 latest European Accession states to those with an unbroken 12 month working record. The applicant came from Poland and worked at two authorised employments but failed to find a third. She had left her partner because of his violence. … Continue reading Zalewska v Department for Social Development: HL 12 Nov 2008
The plaintiffs each complained of negligent decisions in his or her education made by the defendant local authorities. In three of them the Court of Appeal had struck out the plaintiff’s claim and in only one had it been allowed to proceed. Held: The House unanimously dismissed the local authority’s appeal in that last case … Continue reading Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council; Anderton v Clwyd County Council; Gower v Bromley London Borough Council; Jarvis v Hampshire County Council: HL 28 Jul 2000
(Hong Kong) The claimant deposited money with a licensed deposit taker, regulated by the Commissioner. He lost his money when the deposit taker went into insolvent liquidation. He said the regulator was responsible when it should have known of the difficulties. Held: The requirements for a duty of care were a foreseeability of harm, and … Continue reading Yuen Kun-Yeu v Attorney-General of Hong Kong: PC 1987
The respondent’s child lived with the estranged father for most of each week. She was obliged to contribute child support. She now lived with a woman, and complained that because her relationship was homosexual, she had been asked to pay more than someone in a heterosexual relationship. Held: The claim failed. The regulations had now … Continue reading Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v M: HL 8 Mar 2006
The agricultural landlord sold part of his land subject to the respondent’s tenancy to the appellant. Before the transfer was registered, notices to quit were served by both the landlord and his buyer. The tenant challenged both notices in the County court, against whose finding and order that the notices were invalid, both defendants now … Continue reading Stodday Land Ltd and Another v Pye: ChD 7 Oct 2016
The defendant tenants, anticipating that the landlord might delay or refuse consent to a subletting entered into a ‘virtual assignment’ of the lease, an assignment in everything but the deed and with no registration. The lease contained a standard form prohibition against assignments or sub-letting. The defendants now appealed against a finding that they were … Continue reading Clarence House Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc: CA 8 Dec 2009
The claimants had acted as foster carers for several years, but challenged a potential decision to discontinue that when, as committed Christians, they refused to sign to agree to treat without differentiation any child brought to them who might be homosexual. A declaration was sought as to the legality of the proposed decision. Held: A … Continue reading Johns and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Derby City Council and Another: Admn 28 Feb 2011
LRA Adverse Possession : Factual Possession – Adverse possession – Closure of possessory title – whether proprietors in possession at date of application – whether monies paid under wayleave agreement sufficient for purposes of section 9(5) of the Land Registration Act 2002 – availability of a qualified title under section 9(4) – Applicants as Defendants … Continue reading Sexton and Others v Gill and Another (Adverse Possession : Factual Possession): LRA 1 Jul 2014
The court was asked whether the proprietor of a registered charge which turns out to have been a forged disposition is entitled to payment by way of indemnity under Schedule 8 to the 2002 Act in circumstances where the registered proprietor and rightful owner of the property was in actual occupation at the date of … Continue reading Swift 1st Ltd v The Chief Land Registrar: CA 1 Apr 2015
The claimant alleged infringement by the defendants of its ‘Gola’ trade mark designs. The defendant said the registration was invalid because the stripes on the shoes were not distincive being seen as part of the design of the shoe rather than as an indication of origin. Held: The evidence established that the design was seen … Continue reading D Jacobson and Sons Ltd v Globe Gb Ltd Globe Europe Sas: Chd 25 Jan 2008
Public Identification of Pedophiles by Police AB and CB had been released from prison after serving sentences for sexual assaults on children. They were thought still to be dangerous. They moved about the country to escape identification, and came to be staying on a campsite. The police sought to co-operate in the resettlement of the … Continue reading Regina v Chief Constable of North Wales Police and Others Ex Parte Thorpe and Another; Regina v Chief Constable for North Wales Police Area and others ex parte AB and CB: CA 18 Mar 1998
Capacity for Litigation The claimant appealed against dismissal of his claims. He had earlier settled a claim for damages, but now sought to re-open it, and to claim in negligence against his former solicitors, saying that he had not had sufficient mental capacity at the time to accept the offer. Held: There is no definition … Continue reading Masterman-Lister v Brutton and Co, Jewell and Home Counties Dairies (No 1): CA 19 Dec 2002
The defendants had charged a property to the claimant bank to secure a guarantee of borrowings. The signatures were not witnessed as required under section 1(3) of the 1989 Act, and there were other misdescriptions. The bank sought a declaration as to the validity of the charge, and now applied for summary judgment. Held: Applying … Continue reading Bank of Scotland Plc v Waugh and Others: ChD 21 Jul 2014
Land had been divided into three lots on its development, but the site plan did not match the line of a fence actually erected. Held: The court was not bound by the Watcham case, and would not follow it to allow reference to the later behaviour of parties in interpreting a deed. The court related … Continue reading Beale v Harvey: CA 28 Nov 2003
The claimants sought ownership by adverse possession of land. Once the paper owner had been found, they indicated a readiness to purchase their interest. The court had found that this letter contradicted an animus possidendi. The claimant had overstayed the expiration of a grazing tenancy, and been asked to leave but had not been dispossessed. … Continue reading J A Pye (Oxford) Ltd and Others v Graham and Another: HL 4 Jul 2002
The claimants sought registration of land as a common, saying that it had been used by the local residents for social activities for many years. The council had licenced the land for use as a golf course for many years. Held: The residents’ appeal failed. In the context of planning applications ‘the test of apparent … Continue reading Lewis, Regina (on the application of) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Another: CA 15 Jan 2009
The tenant under the long lease became bankrupt. His receiver served a notice seeking to enfranchise the lease. Held: The notice had been ineffective. Arden, Rimer LJJ, Sir David Keene [2014] EWCA Civ 17, [2014] WLR (D) 20 Bailii, WLRD Leasehold Reform Act 1967 1(1), Land Registration Act 2002 306 England and Wales Landlord and … Continue reading The Free Grammar School of John Lyon (The Keepers and Governors of The Possessions, Revenues and Goods of) v Helman: CA 22 Jan 2014
LRA Adverse possession under paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 6 to the Land Registration Act 2002. Disputed land fenced in as part of the garden of the house being bought by the Applicants. Reasonableness of Applicants’ belief that the disputed land was part of the property which they bought. [2011] EWLandRA 2010 – 1066 Bailii Land … Continue reading Osborne, Osborne v Lawton, Noyes, Sandford-Fawcett ): LRA 8 Mar 2011
LRA Alteration and Rectification of The Register : Discretion of The Registrar and of The Adjudicator – Rectification of the register – Fraud – ‘Correcting a mistake’ – second charge – Schedule 4 Paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Land Registration Act 2002 [2008] EWLandRA 2006 – 0174 Bailii England and Wales Cited by: See Also – … Continue reading Ajibade v Bank of Scotland Plc (Formerly Halifax Plc), Endeavour Personal Finance Ltd: LRA 8 Apr 2008
Strips of land lay between the two hotels operated by the parties. Restrictive covenants had been entered into by the respondent’s predecessors in title. The claimant brought proceedings to enforce the restrictions on the use of the land. An earlier case had been compromised on condition that the covenants be entered on the registers. This … Continue reading Half Moon Bay Limited v Crown Eagle Hotels Limited: PC 20 May 2002
Same Sex Paartner to Inherit as Family Member The claimant had lived with the original tenant in a stable and long standing homosexual relationship at the deceased’s flat. After the tenant’s death he sought a statutory tenancy as a spouse of the deceased. The Act had been extended to include as a spouse someone living … Continue reading Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd: HL 28 Oct 1999
The fundamental principle that equity is concerned to prevent unconscionable conduct permeates all the elements of the doctrine of estoppel. In the light of the more recent cases, the principle ‘requires a very much broader approach which is directed rather at ascertaining whether, in particular individual circumstances, it would be unconscionable for a party to … Continue reading Taylors Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Trustees Co Ltd: ChD 1981
LRA The council challenged the grant of a possessory title to the respondent. He, acting for English Nature had claimed ownership of a section of foreshore of special scientific interest. The respondent argued that the claimant had not asserted any contrary interst and should not be heard. The council appealed against acceptance of that argument … Continue reading Pilling Parish Council v Stephen Wells (Practice and Procedure): LRA 6 Mar 2008
Account taken of circumstances wihout ambiguity The respondent gave advice on home income plans. The individual claimants had assigned their initial claims to the scheme, but later sought also to have their mortgages in favour of the respondent set aside. Held: Investors having once assigned their causes of action to the ICS, could not later … Continue reading Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society: HL 19 Jun 1997
Land Registration – Alteration and Rectification – whether purchaser entitled to rely on transfer executed by director during receivership – whether receivers discharged before execution of transfer – section 26, Land Registration Act 2002 – appeal dismissed [2020] UKUT 293 (LC) Bailii England and Wales Registered Land Updated: 02 November 2021; Ref: scu.655167
Wife in Occupation had Overriding Interest The wife had made a substantial financial contribution to the purchase price of the house which was registered only in her husband’s name, and charged to the bank. The bank sought possession. The wife resisted saying that she had an overriding interest. Held: Her equitable interest was not only … Continue reading Williams and Glyn’s Bank Ltd v Boland: HL 19 Jun 1980
Solicitors acted in a loan, giving an undertaking as to its application. In breach of that undertaking they released it to the borrower. The appellants appealed a finding of liability as contributors to the breach. Held: ‘Money in a solicitor’s client account is held on trust. The only question is the terms of that trust.’ … Continue reading Twinsectra Ltd v Yardley and Others: HL 21 Mar 2002
B appealed against an order for rectification against him of the land register returning ownership to M. B had obtained registration with possessory title, claiming to have kept horses on the field for many years in adverse possession of it. M had failed to reply to the original application. B said that the registration had … Continue reading Baxter v Mannion: ChD 18 Mar 2010
The parties agreed in writing for the sale of leasehold property to the claimant. One document had been signed, but later one said that it had not included an aportionment. Another document then set out the apportionment. When the defendant refused to proceed, the claimant registered a unilateral notice which the defendant challenged. The parties … Continue reading Oun v Ahmad: ChD 19 Mar 2008
Exercise of Ministerial Discretion The Minister had power to direct an investigation in respect of any complaint as to the operation of any marketing scheme for agricultural produce. Milk producers complained about the price paid by the milk marketing board for their milk when compared with prices paid to producers in other regions. The Minister … Continue reading Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: HL 14 Feb 1968
The parties had long disputed the use of the trade marks ‘Bud’ and ‘Budweiser’ for their beers. The claimant now said that the defendants had made an abusive registration under the 1994 Act, by requesting a declaration that the registration by the . .
An Act of Parliament authorised a company to construct a railway. Two other companies combined and contracted with the first to supply rolling stock. An injunction was brought to try to restrain this, saying that such a contract was not explicitly . .
The General Commissioner had held that an inspector’s refusal to renew a certificate allowing the taxpayer construction company to pay its sub-contractors without deducting income tax, infringed that company’s rights. The inspector appealed.
The applicant was stopped at Customs carrying cigarettes over the quantity set for personal use. His car was seized, and Customs refused to return it. The cigarettes were for his own use and for sale to family members. He claimed the seizure was an . .
The taxpayers registration under the Construction Industry Scheme had been withdrawn. The Court was now asked whether HMRC are obliged, or at least entitled, to take into account the impact on the taxpayer’s business of the cancellation of its . .
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The OFT had considered whether it was necessary to refer a merger between two companies to the Competition Commission, and decided against. The Competition Appeal Tribunal held that the proposed merger should have been referred. The OFT and parties appealed. Held: The Tribunal had misdirected itself as to one test. The statutory test required the … Continue reading Office of Fair Trading and others v IBA Health Limited: CA 19 Feb 2004
A trade mark must be ‘distinctive’, it must be recognisable by a buyer of goods to which it has been affixed as indicating that they are of the same origin as other goods which bear the mark and whose quality has engendered goodwill. Trade Marks legislation must be understood in its historical context. To understand … Continue reading GE Trade Mark: HL 1973
LRA Alteration of the register-fraud-‘correcting a mistake’-fraudulent transfer and then charge-Schedule 4 paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Land Registration Act 2002-whether the decision in Barclays Bank v Guy is to be preferred over that in Ajibade v Bank of Scotland Whether there are ‘exceptional circumstances’ within paragraph 6(3) to Schedule 4. Citations: [2010] EWLandRA 2009 – … Continue reading Karen Louise Stewart v Lancashire Mortgage Corporation Limited (Alteration and Rectification of The Register): LRA 19 Aug 2010
LRA Adverse possession – Lease – Loft Room – Encroachment on landlord’s title – Accretion to Lease – Limitation Act 1980 – Sch 6 Land Registration Act 2002 – Form NAP – failure to serve counter-notice under Sch 6 para 5 Citations: [2010] EWLandRA 2009 – 0850 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Registered Land … Continue reading Skipwith v Singh (Adverse Possession): LRA 4 May 2010
LRA Profit a prendre; right to exercise common of pasture; doctrine of Lost Modern Grant; Prescription Act 1832; Land Registration Act 2002, ss. 33, 34, 40, 65, sch 4, para. 5(b) or (c); Commons Registration Act 1965, ss 1, 13(b); Commons Act 2006; New Forest Claims Act 1854; New Forest Act 1877; Commons Registration (New … Continue reading Anthony Robert Cooper v Alan Charles Prince, Terence John Madden, Paul Nicholas Bakewell (Easements and Profits A Prendre): LRA 31 Aug 2011
LRA Adverse possession – Schedule 6 to Land Registration Act 2002 – whether paper owner required application to be dealt with under paragraph 5 in time – Land Registration Rules 2003 Citations: [2011] EWLandRA 2010 – 0499 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Registered Land Updated: 06 November 2022; Ref: scu.465863
Application for first registration – lost, stolen, or destroyed documents of title – Respondents’ case based on a claim for adverse possession – relevance or otherwise of the Land Registration Act 2002, sections 97 and 134, Schedule 6 paragraph 5(4), and Schedule12 paragraph 18(1) to the case – Land Registry Practice Guide 2 Citations: [2011] … Continue reading Davies v Lloyd and Another (Evidence): LRA 19 Apr 2011
LRA Adverse possession – whether title extinguished by 1984 – application to rectify or alternatively under Schedule 6 to the Land Registration Act 2002 – whether conditions in paragraph 5 met Citations: [2011] EWLandRA 2009 – 1177 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Registered Land Updated: 06 November 2022; Ref: scu.465857
The court was asked as to whether the on-line marketplace site defendant was liable for trade mark infringements by those advertising goods on the web-site. Held: The ECJ had not yet clarified the law on accessory liability in trade mark infringement, and the legislation remained unclear. Many of the direct sellers were held to be … Continue reading L’Oreal Sa and Others v Ebay International Ag and Others: ChD 22 May 2009
The taxpayer company entered into an arrangement in which shares were purchased by a company based in Ireland and resold. A claim was made for holdover relief. Held: The scheme failed. The restriction imposed did not infringe the right of establishment under European law since the company was not restricted from setting up business. It … Continue reading Foulser and Another v HM Inspector of Taxes: ChD 20 Dec 2005
The claimant alleged trade mark infringement by the respondents by the use of a mark in a pop-up advert. Held: The own-name defence to trade mark infringement is limited. Some confusion may be allowed if overall the competition was not unfair in all the circumstances. No confusion was intended; they wanted only to associate their … Continue reading Reed Executive Plc, Reed Solutions Plc v Reed Business Information Ltd, Reed Elsevier (Uk) Ltd, Totaljobs Com Ltd: CA 3 Mar 2004
LRA Adverse Possession – Registration with possessory freehold title – Limitation of action – Alteration of the register – Meaning of alteration and rectification – Land Registration Act 2002 s 9(1)(c),(5), s 11(7), s 65, s 131, Sch 4 paras 1, 5, and 6 – Limitation Act 1980 s 15(1), (6), s 17, Sch.1, paras … Continue reading Thompson and Thompson v Hatherton Marina Limited: LRA 11 May 2007
The claimant sought rectification of the land register. In a development deal, an option agreement had not been registered, and the land sold on. The land was required to allow the building of a roundabout necessary for the intended store. An application had been made for registration of the option, but requisitions had not been … Continue reading Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Olympia Homes Limited, Hughes etc: ChD 17 Jun 2005
Both companies sold motor insurance products at a distance and used as logos and symbols either a telephone or a computer mouse, in each case on wheels. Direct line claimed the use of the mouse by esure infringed its own trademarks, and resisted registration of esure’s trade mark. Esure now appealed a ruling against it’s … Continue reading Esure Insurance Ltd v Direct Line Insurance Plc: ChD 29 Jun 2007
An order had been made restraining the defendant trades unions from taking industrial action. The unions said the UK court had no jurisdiction. Held: ‘It is at first sight surprising that the English Commercial Court should be the forum in which a dispute between a Finnish company and a Finnish Trade Union and an international … Continue reading International Transport Workers’ Federation and Another v Viking Line Abp and Another: CA 3 Nov 2005
The claimant alleged that the defendants had been importing copies of their perfumes. The products were not counterfeits, but ‘smell-alikes’. The defendants’ packaging and naming was used to suggest which perfume it resembled. Held: The claimant’s expert survey evidence was defective in several ways, but even so there was no evidence of confusion under the … Continue reading L’Oreal Sa and others v Bellure NV and others: ChD 4 Oct 2006
The claimants had purchased land from the defendants. The contract was conditional on a development which did not take place. The master had been presented with very different valuations of the property. Held: The master was not entitled to resort to the burden of proof in the manner in which he did so. The appeal … Continue reading Stephens and Another v Cannon and Another: CA 14 Mar 2005
The claimant challenged the forfeiture of its lease by a freeholder which had acquired the registered freehold title but had not yet registered its ownership. The second defendant had forfeited the lease by peacable re-entry for arrears of rent, and created a further lease. Held: The judge was right to hold that, following the transfer, … Continue reading Scribes West Ltd v Relsa Anstalt and others: CA 20 Dec 2004
The parties disputed the boundary between their neighbouring plots of land. Held: In the modern law the conveyance (parchment or not) is undoubtedly the starting point. Where information contained in the conveyance is unclear or ambiguous, it is permissible to have regard to extrinsic evidence, including, possibly, evidence of subsequent conduct, subject always to that … Continue reading Ali v Lane and Another: CA 21 Nov 2006
In a boundary dispute, the judge had found a boundary, locating it by reference to physical features not mentioned in the unambigous conveyance. Held: The judge had reiterated but not relied upon the statement as to the subjective views of the parties as to the position of the boundary. The plans did not show the … Continue reading Pennock and Another v Hodgson: CA 27 Jul 2010
The claimant had sought registration as a specialist medical practitioner by the respondent. His complaint that the crtiria used to reject his claim were discriminatory had been rejected by the employment tribunal and EAT on the basis that they had no jurisdiction. Held: The section and rules establishing the Training authority clearly reserved to that … Continue reading British Medical Association v Chaudhary: CA 15 May 2003
The appellant sought a declaration of invalidity as regards the defendant’s registered mark ‘ESB’. It was claimed to have come to be used as a general designation of certain kinds of beer. Held: The Philips decision appeared to supercede the Bach Flower case insofar as it looked at the interrelationship of the two subsections 1(1) … Continue reading David West Trading As Eastenders v Fuller Smith and Turner Plc: CA 31 Jan 2003
A potential lessee who did not have an interest in immovable property agreed to take a lease in return for money paid by the landlord. The transaction was not exempt from value-added tax under article 13(B)(b) as ‘the leasing or letting of immovable property.’ Nor did a person taking an assignment of a lease of … Continue reading Mirror Group plc v Commissioners of Customs and Excise, Cantor Fitzgerald International v Same: ECJ 9 Oct 2001
Land was purchased and a resale negotiated before it was registered. An undertaking was accepted that the seller’s solicitor would discharge all charges. The purchasers sought to avoid completion by saying the Act required them to be registered before completion. The matter was completed but the seller’s bank refused to sign the release. The bank … Continue reading Patel and Another v Daybells (a Firm): CA 27 Jul 2001
The appellants sold a system protecting credit card holders against the consequences of loss or theft. They claimed that it was insurance and exempt from VAT. The commissioners said it was a service and vatable. The card provided a range of services for those who had lost a card, and laid off the costs against … Continue reading Card Protection Plan Ltd v Commissioners of Customs and Excise: HL 6 Feb 2001
The claimant alleged that disparaging adverts by the defendant infringed its trade marks and amounted to the tort of malicious falsehood. Held: There was no dispute that the mark had been used. The Act could not be used to prevent any use of another’s trade mark in comparitive advertising. In this case the advertisement, though … Continue reading British Airways Plc v Ryanair Limited: ChD 25 Oct 2000
The applicant sought to bring an action to challenge new rules on approval of export credit guarantees. The company was non-profit and founded to support investigation of bribery. It had applied for a protected costs order to support the application, and now appealed its refusal. Held: The court restated the practice on the making of … Continue reading Corner House Research, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: CA 1 Mar 2005
Houses were built next to a common. Over many years the owners had driven over the common. The landowners appealed a decision that they could not acquire a right of way by prescription over the common because such use had been unlawful as a criminal offence under section 193 of the Law of Property Act … Continue reading Bakewell Management Limited v Brandwood and others: HL 1 Apr 2004
The applicant sought a declaration that the defendant had acted in breach of the Act, in accepting sums by way of deposit, without being authorised, and had made prohibited statements to attract such deposits. Could a civil court make such a finding which would be equivalent to a finding of guilt of a criminal offence? … Continue reading Financial Services Authority v Rourke: ChD 19 Oct 2001
Appeal by the Secretary of State for Work against a decision that the respondent is entitled to state pension credit. The issues in this appeal concern the construction of the Directive governing the rights of Union citizens and the validity of certain domestic regulations applying to Latvian nationals working in the UK. Held: The appeal … Continue reading The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze: CA 7 Nov 2017
The appellant, barristers and solicitors, challenged the respondent’s approval of alterations to their regulatory arrangements, under Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the 2007 Act. The alterations gave effect to the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates providing for the assessment of the performance of criminal advocates in England and Wales by judges. They now appealed … Continue reading Lumsdon and Others, Regina (on The Application of) v Legal Services Board: SC 24 Jun 2015
The claimants, a Polish national and an Austrian national, appealed against decisions of the Court of Appeal upholding decisions that they were not entitled to certain benefits, namely income support and housing assistance respectively, pursuant to the provisions of United Kingdom domestic law. Held: The claimants’ appeals failed. When she applied, Ms Mirga was not … Continue reading Mirga v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Samin v Westminster City Council: SC 27 Jan 2016
Adverse Possession : Applications Under Schedule 6 To The Land Registration Act 2002 Citations: [2017] EWLandRA 2016 – 1053 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Registered Land Updated: 05 April 2022; Ref: scu.605827
Adverse Possession : Applications Under Schedule 6 To The Land Registration Act 2002 Citations: [2017] EWLandRA 2016 – 0292 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Registered Land Updated: 05 April 2022; Ref: scu.605819
Adverse Possession : Applications Under Schedule 6 To The Land Registration Act 2002 Citations: [2017] UKFTT 638 (PC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Registered Land Updated: 31 March 2022; Ref: scu.597417
The claimant appellant alleged that properties she owned were transferred to the first defendant under undue influence or other unconscionable conduct by the second and third defendants. The claim was dismissed. Three years later she claimed to set that judgment aside having been obtained by fraud. To support the allegation she brought evidence not available … Continue reading Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd and Others: SC 20 Mar 2019
Decomposed Snail in Ginger Beer Bottle – Liability The appellant drank from a bottle of ginger beer manufactured by the defendant. She suffered injury when she found a half decomposed snail in the liquid. The glass was opaque and the snail could not be seen. The drink had been bought for her by a friend, … Continue reading Donoghue (or M’Alister) v Stevenson: HL 26 May 1932
Liability in Damages on Statute Breach to be Clear Damages were to be awarded against a Local Authority for breach of statutory duty in a care case only if the statute was clear that damages were capable of being awarded. in the ordinary case a breach of statutory duty does not, by itself, give rise … Continue reading X (Minors) v Bedfordshire County Council; M (A Minor) and Another v Newham London Borough Council; Etc: HL 29 Jun 1995
