For subscribers, the December 2019 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
Personal obligations in agreements for lease – Bella Italia Restaurants Ltd v Stane Park Ltd.
Top-up clauses in rent deposit deeds – Shinners v London Trocadero (2015) LLP.
Section 84 modification of old planning agreements – Payne v Maldon District Council.
CGT private residence relief – Revenue and Customs v Higgins.
Interpreting rights of way – Vance & Vance v Collerton & Collerton.
Leasehold enfranchisement: definition of a “flat” – Aldford House Freehold Ltd v Grosvenor (Mayfair) Estate.
Electronic communications code where an operator holds over under the 1954 Act – Cornerstone Telecommunications v Ashloch Ltd.
Electronic communications code right to enter for survey only – The University of London v Cornerstone Telecommunications.
There is also commentary on:
Varying a lease and registering deeds of variation.
The presence of a witness and signatory at execution of a deed.
Land Registry practice on price paid where there are discounts.
Land Registry on describing demised property where there are exclusions.
Published on 1 December 2019.
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