For subscribers, the April 2021 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
Notices to make an agreement for lease unconditional – Performance Retail (General Partner) Ltd v Wagamama Ltd.
Diversion of public footpaths – The Open Spaces Society v Sec. State DEFRA.
Interpreting garden or grounds for SDLT – Hyman & Ors v Revenue and Customs.
Repair covenants and structural defects – City of London v Various Leaseholders of Great Arthur House.
Contracts for sale, section 2 and proprietary estoppel – Howe & Anor v Gossop & Anor.
There is also consideration of:
A new MEES consultation for non-domestic buildings.
Consultation on energy and carbon performance.
COVID-19 update – extension of temporary measures affecting landlords, and also the end of some temporary measures.
Proposed reform of charity disposals.
Proposed reform of the LRA 2002.
The non-UK residents’ SDLT surcharge.
The extension of the SDLT & LTT ‘holiday’.
Updated annual amounts for ATED.
Avoiding Land Registry requisitions relating to restrictions.
Land Registry’s new Digital Identity Standard.
Published on 1 April 2021.
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