The July/August 2013 issue of the CPI Update contains:
Case law commentary on:
Getting caught out by your own notice to complete – Clarke Investments Ltd v Pacific Technologies;
Release of guarantor by reason of a licence to alter – Topland Portfolio No. 1 Ltd v Smiths News Trading Ltd;
In a contract for sale, is delay a repudiatory breach? – Telford Homes (Creekside) v Ampurius Nu Homes Holdings;
Is removal of tenant’s fixtures displaced by express terms? – Peel Land & Prop. (Ports No. 3) Ltd v TS Sheerness Steel Ltd;
Boundaries and the relevance of plans for identification only – Avon Estates Ltd v Evans;
Occupation of premises for business rates – Sunderland City Council v Stirling Investment Properties LLP;
Human rights issues in village green cases – R (on the applic. of Newhaven Port) v Secretary of State;
The application of SDLT charities relief – The Pollen Estate Trustee Company Ltd v HMRC.
Legislative developments in relation to:
Judicial review – new time limits for planning challenges.
SDLT – changes to sub-sale treatment.
Business rates – empty property relief for new buildings.
Land Registry – consultation on network access agreements.
Practical comment on:
Release of guarantees by variation.
Break clauses exercised on 6 months’ notice.
Land Registry’s e-DRS enhancements.
The Land Registry’s approach to deeds of variation without a chargee’s consent.
Climate change – EPCs and house prices.
Property PSL