CPI Update 242 – July 2024

For subscribers, the July 2024 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:

  • Enlarging repair covenants by upgrading – Triplark Ltd v Whale & Ors.
  • Retention of insurance commissions – Octagon Overseas Ltd & Anor v Cantlay & Ors.
  • As of right user for prescription – Nicholson & Anor v Hale & Anor.
  • Notice of claims clauses – Drax Smart Generation Holdco Ltd v Scottish Power.
  • Dilapidations – Peachside Ltd v Lee & Anor.

There is also coverage of:

  • Changes to rentcharges made by LAFRA 2024.
  • Changes to the Building Safety Act 2022 made by LAFRA 2024.
  • Abolition of multiple dwellings relief for SDLT.
  • Energy efficiency – amendments to the EPC regulations.
  • Consumer protection law under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
  • A consideration of what is demised by a lease.
  • Land Registry guidance on the right of survivorship
  • Law Society guidance for residential conveyancing on consumer protection.

Published on 28 June 2024.