CPI Update 158 – June 2017

For subscribers, the June 2017 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following issues:
Detailed commentary on the 3rd Edition of the SCPCs;
An analysis of the new electronic communications code under the Digital Economy Act 2017;
Reporting to clients on planning searches – Orientfield Holdings Ltd v Bird & Bird LLP;
Protecting pre-emption rights with Land Registry restrictions – Law v Haider;
The rule in Harris v Flower (on the extent of a dominant tenement) – Gore v Naheed & Ahmed;
Serving notices under clauses in leases – Grimes v Trustees of the Essex Farmers & Union Hunt;
An interpretation of a contract exclusion clause – Persimmon Homes Ltd and others v Ove Arup & Partners Ltd;
Contamination by Japanese knotweed – Waistell v Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;
SDLT replaced by a Land Transaction Tax for Wales;
Rent review – apportioning back rent liability.
Published on 31 May 2017.