For subscribers, the October 2015 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
Overage clauses and permitted disposals – Burrows Investments Ltd v Ward Homes Ltd;
Obtaining leave to forfeit in an administration – Re SSRL Realisations Ltd;
Completing agreements for lease strictly in accordance with the agreement – A2 Dominion Homes Ltd v Prince Evans Solicitors;
Equitable easements arising by estoppel – Hoyl Group Ltd v Cromer Town Council;
Private dwelling relief for CGT – Fountain & Anor v Revenue & Customs;
Single or separate hereditaments for business rates – Woolway v Mazars.
In addition, there is coverage of:
1954 Act – a new exclusion for home businesses;
The commencement of the unfair terms parts of the Consumer Rights Act 2015;
A new consultation on the Consumer Code for Home Builders;
Insolvency – raising the threshold for petitioning for bankruptcy;
Residential tenancies – new section 21 notices;
Energy efficiency – minor changes to EPC regulations;
Exchanging contracts with scanned copies;
Land registration – legal or equitable easement, and why it matters;
Land Registry removes fax as a means of communication;
Property fraud – communicating bank details by fax.
Published 30 September 2015.
Property PSL