CPI Update 230 – July 2023

For subscribers, the July 2023 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:

  • Post-termination occupation by undertenants – Avondale Park Ltd v Miss Delaney’s Nursery Schools Ltd.
  • The meaning of adverse possession in registered land – Healey v Fraine.
  • Contract for sale termination – Sheffield City Council v Scotfield Group Ltd.
  • 1954 Act lease renewal terms – B&M Retail Ltd v HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Ltd.
  • Business rates relief for charities – Merton LBC v Nuffield Health.
  • Release of restrictive covenants – Cheung & Anor v Mackenzie.

There is also coverage of:

  • Charity land ownership changes under the Charities Act 2022.
  • Problems with underleases and recovering possession.
  • New publications on the Register of Overseas Entities.
  • Updated practice on registering leases.
  • Online returns for Land Transaction Tax.

Published on 2 July 2023.