All articles by Warren Gordon – Page 12
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Warren Gordon reports on a different approach the courts have taken on the exercise of options in leases, and Jonathan Ross details a case where the failure to call a witness proved crucial to one of the parties
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Two solicitors sued over one caseAM Maden v Clifford Coppock & Carter, 30 July, Court of AppealThe message A fraught property deal led to two sets of lawyers being pursued for damages.The case Maden bought land but a third party subsequently claimed he had title to part of the land. ...
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Assignment of break clauses: Harbour Estates v HSBC, 15 July 2004, High Court
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Damages for lawyers' negligence. Greymalkin v Copleys, 18 May 2004, High Court
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No second chance on counter-noticesShaws (EAL) Ltd v W Pennycook,12 February 2004, Court of AppealThe message: in proceedings to renew business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, tenants must ensure that their counter-notices to landlords' notices of termination correctly reflect their intentions. Tenants will not be given a ...
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Importance of statutory duties Mount Eden Land v Folia22 July 2003, Chancery courtFolia, the tenant of a shop in Oxford Street, applied to its landlord, Mount Eden, for consent to underlet the shop to Prohibition. Mount Eden refused and Folia argued that this was invalid and in breach of statute.Among ...
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Squatter gainsPurbrick v Hackney London Borough Council26 June 2003, Chancery CourtHackney council owned a dilapidated building which lacked a door and had a collapsed roof. Fifteen years previously, a builder had begun to store his equipment in the building and added a corrugated iron door, which he padlocked. Nobody objected ...
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Broadcaster's gainMerrill Powell v Whitman Breed Abbot & Morgan23 May, High CourtMerrill Powell, a broadcaster, wished to buy a leasehold property from Grosvenor but wanted to minimise her capital gains. Her accountant advised buying through a company but Powell had heard that Grosvenor would only permit leases held by companies ...
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Repair or improvement?Gibson Investments v Chesterton,22 May 2003, High CourtChesterton was obliged by the lease of its Birmingham premises to keep air conditioning apparatus in good repair. The apparatus became defective and needed replacement. Chesterton proposed to deal with this by relocating pipework and other apparatus that added to the ...
