CPI Update – Issue 80 – June 2010

The June 2010 issue of the CPI Update contains:
Case law commentary on:
Rights of termination in agreements for lease – Dominion Corporate Trustees Ltd v Debenhams Properties Ltd;
The inter-relation of section 2 LP(MP)A 1989 with section 106 agreements – Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside MBC;
Disregarding improvements under previous leases at rent review – Hughes v Borodex Ltd;
A tenancy at will terminable on notice? Katana v Catalyst Communities Housing Ltd;
The validity of an exercise of an option to purchase – Truegold International Ltd v Questrock Ltd;
The validity of an exercise of an option to break – The Hotgroup plc v Royal Bank of Scotland plc;
Locus standi of landlords in nuisance cases – John Smith & Co (Edinburgh) Ltd v Hill;
Qualifying user in village green cases – R (Oxfordshire & Bucks NHS Trust) v Oxfordshire CC;
What is the valuation date in an option to purchase? Redlawn Land Ltd v Cowley.
Legislative developments in relation to:
The suspension of Home Information Packs.
Amendments to the rules on Energy Performance Certificates.
FSA regulation for sale and rent back schemes.
Practical comment on:
Company searches, and whether they are necessary for registered land?
Transactions at an undervalue, and the application of section 339 IA 1986.
Published 31st May 2010.