For subscribers, the February 2025 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
- Forfeiture on the insolvency of a guarantor – SBP 2 SARL v 2 Southbank Tenant Ltd.
- What is a building for LTA 1987 pre-emption rights? – SGL 1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd & Ors.
- Presumptions of service for property notices – Khan and another v D’Aubigny.
- Breach of trust claim for property fraud – Ultimate Bridging Finance Ltd v 4 Fairweather Close Ltd.
- Manifest errors in expert determinations – WH Holding Ltd v E20 Stadium LLP.
There is also coverage of:
- Changes to qualifying periods for rights to enfranchise/extend leases.
- Land Transaction Tax changes relating to multiple dwellings.
- Forthcoming changes under SDLT.
- The problems of allowing continued occupation by a tenant.
- Land Registry treatment of leases for life.
- Land Registry treatment of leasehold enlargement on first registration.
- Land Registry treatment of mergers by overseas entities.
- Land Registry processing times.
Published on 31 January 2025.