Property & Real Estate Barristers
Articles
Edward H Whybrow & Co Ltd v James
27th June 2017
Relating to party walls; extent previous awards are binding; trespass; compensation; approbation and reprobation; surveyors'...
The Reasonableness of Insurance Premiums
22nd June 2017
Leases generally require leaseholders to contribute to insurance of their block - whether by including the cost in the...
Heathcote v Doal
21st June 2017
Relating to party walls; injunctions, indemnity costs. Building owner visited with indemnity costs order after adjoining...
Duel and Duality or Miller-lite
21st June 2017
The Court of Appeal clarified last week whether the principle of 'equal sharing' (ultimately deriving from the seminal...
An unsatisfactory situation
12th June 2017
Since the Supreme Court turned the law of dispensation from the consultation requirements upside down in Daejan Investments...
When is an agreement for ‘more than twelve months’?
7th June 2017
Nicola Muir reports on the decision in Corvan (Properties) Ltd v Abdel-Mahmoud [2017] UKUT 0228 (LC) in which she represented...
All or nothing?
1st June 2017
A "share of the freehold" is a phrase that appears countless times in sales particulars up and down the country. But in the...
Octagon Overseas Ltd & Others v Coates [2017] UKUT 190 (LC)
1st June 2017
Tanfield members Christopher Heather QC and Amanda Gourlay acted for the respondent in this case. Summary The Upper...
Southwark LBC v Akhtar Upper Tribunal [2017] UKUT 150 (LC)
1st June 2017
Summary The Upper Tribunal reversed decisions from the First Tier Tribunal in respect of the validity of estimated service...
Oliver v Sheffield City Council [2017] EWCA Civ 225
1st June 2017
Tanfield members James Fieldsend and Amanda Gourlay acted for the respondent on this case. Summary A local authority was...