For subscribers, the June 2019 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
Drafting overage planning triggers – Loxleigh Investments Ltd v Dartford Borough Council.
Relief from ATED: a property development trade – Hopscotch Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs.
Interpreting service charge clauses – Wilcock v The Guinness Partnership Ltd.
Corporate support and disclosure letters – Persimmon Homes Ltd v Hillier & Anor.
Trigger events and town or village greens – Wiltshire Council v Cooper Estates Strategic Land Ltd.
Reasonable endeavours to trigger overage – Gaia Ventures Ltd v Abbeygate Helical (Leisure Plaza) Ltd.
Insured damage and reinstatement value – Sartex Quilts & Textiles Ltd v Endurance Corporate Capital Ltd.
Suing in negligence for defective works – Thomas & Anor v Taylor Wimpey Developments Ltd & Ors.
In addition, there is coverage of:
Land Transaction Tax and SDLT – the definition of residential property.
Planning changes – permitted development rights.
Residential tenancies – new section 21 notices.
Residential tenancies – Tenant Fees Act 2019 commencement.
Unregistered transactions – completion instructions for a seller’s solicitor.
Land Registry practice (LRPG 19) on restrictions.
Conveyancing – completion information forms.
Published on 3 June 2019.
Property PSL