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Search Results for: Law of Property Act 1925 104
Deakin, JDeakin v Corbett, Corbett, Halifax Plc: CA 18 Dec 2002
The home owners requested the setting aside of the sale of their house after a re-possession, alleging impropriety, and that it had been sold at an undervalue. The respondent society had a rule that properties taken into possession could not be purchased by its own employees. The property had been purchased in breach of that … Continue reading Deakin, JDeakin v Corbett, Corbett, Halifax Plc: CA 18 Dec 2002
Meretz Investments Nv and Another v ACP Ltd and others: ChD 30 Jan 2006
The applicant challenged the exercise of a power of sale under a mortgage, saying that the mortgagee’s purposes included purposes not those under the mortgage. The parties had been involved in an attempted development of a penthouse. Held: The power was validly exercised. Provided the recovery of the sums for which the security was given … Continue reading Meretz Investments Nv and Another v ACP Ltd and others: ChD 30 Jan 2006
Meretz Investments Nv and Another v ACP Ltd and others: ChD 14 Nov 2007
The parties disputed the success of a sale by a mortgagee in possession of various properties. The parties disputed the apportionment of costs. Held: The appeal failed. Where there is no express agreement concerning the division of costs, a general rule of thumb is to divide them equally between the relevant parties. But that is … Continue reading Meretz Investments Nv and Another v ACP Ltd and others: ChD 14 Nov 2007
Edgware Road (2015) Ltd v The Church Commissioners for England: UTLC 3 Apr 2020
Restrictive Covenants – Modification – Leasehold Office Premises – planning permission for change of use to hotel – hotel use prohibited by lease – whether covenants secure to freeholder practical benefits of substantial value or advantage – application refused – s.84(1), Law of Property Act 1925 Citations: [2020] UKUT 104 (LC) Links: Bailii Statutes: Law … Continue reading Edgware Road (2015) Ltd v The Church Commissioners for England: UTLC 3 Apr 2020
Re Erskine 1948 Trust: ChD 29 Mar 2012
The trust was created in 1948, and provided gifts over, which had now failed. The court considered the construction of the term ‘stautory next of kin’. The possible beneficiaries claimed through being adopted, arguing that at the date of the last beneficary’s death, all impediments to inheritance by adopted children had been removed by statute. … Continue reading Re Erskine 1948 Trust: ChD 29 Mar 2012
White v Bijou Mansions: CA 1938
The court heard an rejected an argument that s56 worked to allow a third party to sue under a covenant to which he had not been party: ‘before he can enforce it he must be a person who falls within the scope and benefit of the covenant according to the true construction of the document … Continue reading White v Bijou Mansions: CA 1938
Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd: ChD 1982
The plaintiffs contracted to buy a plot of registered land with a house to be built on it. The developer had charged the estate as a whole to a bank to secure the development finance. The developer became insolvent and the bank sold the estate as mortgagee to the first defendant ‘subject to and with … Continue reading Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd: ChD 1982
In re Miller’s Agreement, Uniacke v Attorney-General: ChD 1947
Two partners had covenanted with a retiring partner that on his death they would pay certain annuities to his daughters. The Revenue claimed estate duty. Held: The claim was rejected. The daughters were not parties to the agreement, and had no right to sue for their annuities. Whether they received them or not depended on … Continue reading In re Miller’s Agreement, Uniacke v Attorney-General: ChD 1947
Re Snaith and Dolding’s Application: LT 1995
The applicants sought modification of a covenant, to enable them to build a second house on a single plot within a building scheme. Held: ‘The position of the Tribunal is clear. Any application under section 84(1) must be determined upon the facts and merits of the particular case, and the Tribunal is unable to bind … Continue reading Re Snaith and Dolding’s Application: LT 1995
Bakewell Management Limited v Brandwood and others: HL 1 Apr 2004
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
Green v Russell: CA 1959
The court rejected an argument that section 56 had altered the law to allow actions by third parties under a contract. Citations: [1959] 2 QB 226 Statutes: Law of Property Act 1925 56 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Beswick v Beswick HL 29-Jun-1967 The deceased had assigned his coal merchant business to … Continue reading Green v Russell: CA 1959
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police: SC 8 Feb 2018
Limits to Police Exemption from Liability The claimant, an elderly lady was bowled over and injured when police were chasing a suspect through the streets. As they arrested him they fell over on top of her. She appealed against refusal of her claim in negligence. Held: Her appeal succeeded. It is normally only in a … Continue reading Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police: SC 8 Feb 2018
Mohammadzadeh v Joseph and others: ChD 15 Feb 2006
The parties disputed whether the defendants owned the benefit of a restrictive covenant. Held: The covenant did touch and concern the land, and the land with the benefit of covenant. The conditions under Federated Homes were met. The covenants were enforceable: ‘in the case of a post 1925 conveyance, once it is established that a … Continue reading Mohammadzadeh v Joseph and others: ChD 15 Feb 2006
Armitage v Nurse; etc: CA 19 Mar 1997
A clause in a trust deed may validly excuse trustees from personal liability for even gross negligence. The trustee was exempted from liability for loss or damage ‘unless such loss or damage shall be caused by his own actual fraud’. Held: The trustee was under no liability in absence of any dishonest intention. Millett LJ … Continue reading Armitage v Nurse; etc: CA 19 Mar 1997
Hunter and Others v Canary Wharf Ltd: HL 25 Apr 1997
The claimant, in a representative action complained that the works involved in the erection of the Canary Wharf tower constituted a nuisance in that the works created substantial clouds of dust and the building blocked her TV signals, so as to limit her enjoyment of her land. Held: The interference with TV reception by an … Continue reading Hunter and Others v Canary Wharf Ltd: HL 25 Apr 1997
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood: SC 25 Apr 2018
Notice of dismissal begins when received by worker The court was asked: ‘If an employee is dismissed on written notice posted to his home address, when does the notice period begin to run? Is it when the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post? Or when it was in fact delivered … Continue reading Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood: SC 25 Apr 2018
Central Estates (Belgravia) Ltd v Woolgar (No 2): CA 20 Jun 1972
The landlords’ managing agents learned that the tenant had been convicted of keeping a brothel at the premises and served a section 146 notice intending to forfeit the tenancy. He told his staff and instructed them not to demand or accept rent. But . .
