For subscribers, the March 2023 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
• Visual intrusion as an actionable nuisance – Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery.
• Diminution in value for Japanese knotweed – Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council.
• Analysing attestation of execution – Euro Securities & Finance Ltd v Barrett.
• The extent of highway adoption – KBC Developments LLP v Wavin Ltd & Anor.
• Section 84 modification second time around – Housing Solutions v Smith.
• Ancillary rights included with easements – Gosling & Anor v Bradbury & Anor.
• Residential leasehold service charges – Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP Ltd v Williams.
There is also coverage of:
• Reminder: minimum standards regulations as from 1 April 2023.
• SDLT legislation on residential property rates.
• New planning application consultees in England.
• Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings – increased chargeable amounts.
• Commencement of changes to the electronic communications code.
• Land Registry practice on protecting unpaid vendors’ liens.
• Catering for the use of an attorney in a transaction.
Published on 1 March 2023.