For subscribers, the April 2016 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
Assignments to a tenant’s guarantor are prohibited – EMI Group Ltd v O & H Q1 Ltd;
No surrender by operation of law – Padwick Properties Ltd v Punj Lloyd Ltd;
The drafting of conditional contracts (1) – Bristol Rovers (1883) Ltd v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd;
The drafting of conditional contracts (2) – Dooba Developments Ltd v McLagan Investments Ltd;
Is a licensor liable for a nuisance caused by its licensee? Cocking v Eacott;
The easement to commit a nuisance – Peires v Bickerton’s Aerodromes Ltd.
In addition, there is coverage of:
SDLT changes for non-residential property;
SDLT changes for lease duty;
SDLT changes for lease premiums;
SDLT and the Higher Rate Transaction surcharge;
ATED – Lower thresholds and extended reliefs;
Land registration – a new Law Commission consultation on the LRA 2002;
Energy efficiency – the end of the CRC scheme; Electronic communication of Party Wall Act notices;
Land Registry privatisation;
Contracts for sale – the limits on title guarantees;
Conveyancing – latest time for completions.
Published on 1 April 2016.
Property PSL