The February 2009 issue of the Commercial Property Information Update contains:
Case law commentary on:
Landlord and tenant; seeking licence to sub-let – Lombard North Central plc v Remax Herbarne Ltd;
Virtual assignments of leases – Clarence House Ltd v National Westminster Bank plc;
The validity of a break notice – Orchard (Developments) Holdings plc v Reuters Ltd;
A slightly alarming case on solicitors’ undertakings – Angel Solicitors v Jenkins O’Dowd & Barth;
Town and village green applications – R (on the application of Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland BC;
The extent of a landlord’s right of entry – Possfund Custodian Trustee Ltd v Kwik Fit Properties Ltd;
The unconventional practice of affixing pre-signed execution pages to a document – R (on the application of Mercury Tax Group Limited) v HMRC;
Using extrinsic evidence to resolve boundary disputes – Piper v Wakeford.
Legislative developments in relation to:
Insolvency – pre-pack administrations
Home Information Packs – HIP (Amendment) Regs. 2009
Practical comment on:
Priority of mortgages – further advances
Security for performance – guarantees and indemnities
Rent deposit deeds – money held on trust
Rent deposit deeds – City of London deed
Professional conduct – Undertakings in a banking crisis
Land Registry – the end of the transitional period for forms
Mortgages – Mortgage repossession practice note
Quarterly rents – Changing the frequency of rental payments: BRC standard letter
Published 31st January 2009.
Property PSL