CPI Update 166 – March 2018

For subscribers, the March 2018 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
Good and bad reasons for refusing consent to assign – No.1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd;
Non-compliance with pre-emption rights (Part 1, LTA 1987) – Jones v Mahmut;
An easement of fencing – Churston Golf Club v Haddock;
Occupation under the 1954 Act by controlled companies – Smyth-Tyrrell v Bowden;
Establishing a building scheme – Khoury v Kensell;
Enforcing rights through constructive trusts – Farrar v Miller.
In addition, there is coverage of:
Additional regulations for Land Transaction Tax.
A call for evidence on Commonhold.
Underleases for the residue of a term.
Equitable assignments and the LTCA 1995.
Land Registry practice on execution by overseas companies.
Official guidance on Land Transaction Tax.
Land Registry – change of gender.
Land Registry – digital mortgages.
Published on 28 February 2018.