CPI Update 218 – July 2022

For subscribers, the July 2022 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
•Whether an agreement for lease is made in heads of terms – Pretoria Energy Co. (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd.
•Breaching a landlord’s quiet enjoyment covenant – Brem v Murray.
•Occupiers under the Electronic Communications Code – Cornerstone v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd.
•Limitation periods under collateral warranties – Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP.
•Recovery of costs incidental to forfeiture – Khan v Tower Hamlets LBC.
•An overage penalty clause – Upton Rocks Healthcare Limited v Halton Borough Council.
There is also coverage of:
•Commencement dates under the Building Safety Act 2022.
•Abolition of ground rents: commencement and statutory guidance.
•Service of SDLT documents service on companies.
•Ending no-fault evictions.
•1954 Act notices by joint tenants.
•Land Registry practice on deeds of variation.
Published on 30 June 2022.