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News & Events: Real Property
Can a developer oversail my property with a tower crane?
22nd January 2018
This week's Ask the Expert in the Times Property Bricks & Mortar section, written by Mark Loveday, is about oversailing...
Tanfield attending MIPIM 2018
17th January 2018
Members of Tanfield will once again be attending MIPIM in Cannes, between 13th and 16th March. Those in attendance are: ...
When an immovable object meets an unstoppable force: boundaries and adverse possession
13th Feb 2018
Join Kerry Bretherton QC and Nicholas Isaac for the first of our monthly property seminars, covering a breadth of topics...
Patrick v McKinley [2017] EWCA Civ 2068
15th December 2017
The Appellant sought a declaration of a proprietary interest in two properties and in the shares of a company which owned a...
Humphrey v Rogers (2017)
15th December 2017
The Claimants had purchased a house and land from the Defendants in a rural setting. The Claimants had purchased their...
We want what you’ve got – compulsory purchase in the era of austerity
15th December 2017
Compulsory purchase is an option of last resort of public bodies in the interests of the greater good and the owner should be...
Real Property Update: December 2017
15th December 2017
Editors Comment Kerry Bretherton QC This final edition of 2017 includes an overview of the key changes introduced by the...
Real Property Update: November 2017
13th November 2017
Editors Comment Kerry Bretherton QC In this edition, I consider whether a right to park can be an easement. This issue...
Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd v RMC FH Co Limited [2017] EWHC 2609 (Ch)
10th November 2017
The defendant owned the freehold reversion of a block of flats ("the block"). The claimant was the headlessee. Both parties...
Burrows Investment Ltd v Ward Homes Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1577
10th November 2017
In 2007, Burrows Investment Ltd ("Burrows") sold Ward Homes Ltd ("Ward") a plot of land with planning permission for the...