CPI Update – Issue 20 – January 2005

The following cases are reported in the January 2005 issue of the CPI Update:
Clear Channel UK Limited v Manchester City Council – Is an advertising agreement a lease or a licence?
Fengate v Commissioners of Customs and Excise – VAT on transfers within a partnership;
Blumenthal v The Church Commissioners for England – Section 84 LPA 1925; application to modify leasehold covenants; is a covenant positive or restrictive?
Fattal v John Lyon Free Grammar School Governors – Landlord and tenant; valuation for enfranchisement purposes;
Dyment v Boyden – Company Law; unlawful financial assistance.