by bawilliams | May 30, 2024 | Property Law
Facts: Lowndes is the management company that held a head lease on the block of flats and provided landlord services. The individual flats were all let on long sub-leases. The appellant was the tenant of Flat 9, 48 Lowndes Square under an assured short hold tenancy...
by bawilliams | May 23, 2024 | Property Law
Facts: Mr. Ridgway bought a property in 2017 which comprised two separate registered titles for £6.5m. The first was a semi-detached house and gardens on Crick Road. The second was adjoining land and a building known as the Old Summer House. Both properties had...
by bawilliams | May 16, 2024 | Property Law
Facts: Natural England (NE) seeks injunctive relief to protect the archaeological features on or under farmland from potentially harmful activities of cultivating certain fields. Mr. Cooper claimed that a restriction on the use of his land is an infringement of his...
by bawilliams | May 9, 2024 | Property Law
Property developers have been given clarity on the ‘second staircase’ rule following the publication of the technical guidance by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). The amendments to Approved Document B confirmed that new...
by bawilliams | May 2, 2024 | Property Law
Facts: Mr. and Mrs Vainker purchased the land and the house in 1999. The house was demolished in 2003 with the intention of building a new property. The project was led by Mrs. Vainker and the house was intended as a home on her retirement. Mr. Vainker was working and...
by bawilliams | Apr 25, 2024 | Property Law
Facts: A construction contract was entered into in November 2017 with the works commencing shortly thereafter. The original contract sum was £18,796,450, exclusive of VAT. There were some variations which added a further £645,329. The defendant paid the...
