The February 2013 issue of the CPI Update contains:
Case law commentary on:
Whether agreements for lease bind a purchaser – Ridgewood Properties Group Ltd & Ors v Valero Energy Ltd;
The effect on guarantors of a disclaimer – RVB Investments Limited v Bibby;
Practical completion under an agreement for lease – Kingerlee Holdings Limited v Dunelm (Soft Furnishings) Ltd;
Residential leasehold service charge consultation – Phillips v Francis;
Duties of a mortgagee exercising a power of sale – Meah v GE Money Home Finance Limited;
The effect in land registration of a void transfer – Fitzwilliam v Richall Holdings Services Ltd;
Serving notice to quit under joint tenancies – Sims v Dacorum Borough Council;
Recovery of insurance premiums in leases – Sadd v Brown;
Residential tenancy deposit schemes – Ayannuga v Swindells;
Landlord and tenant break right news – PCE Investors Ltd v Cancer Research UK (and Canonical UK Limited v TST Millbank LLC).
Legislative developments in relation to:
Tenant default – commercial rent arrears recovery (CRAR).
Company charges – rent deposit deeds: new draft regulations.
Planning – change of use from business to residential.
Climate change – new EPC regulations for the green deal.
Highways – proposals for stopping-up procedures.
Planning – planning application procedures.
Practical comment on:
Land Registry addresses for service.
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries – CPSE.1 update.
Land Registry – joint ownership practice note.
Published 1st February 2013.
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