CPI Update 257 – October 2025

For subscribers, the October 2025 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:

  • Cladding remediation under the Building Safety Act 2022 – Almacantar Centre Point Nominee No.1 Ltd v De Valk.
  • Easements and section 84(1) LPA 1925 – Garton v Wheatcroft Land (Thoroton) Ltd.
  • Presumed easements over charity land – The Kingdom Hall Trust v Davies.
  • Identifying the right breach for forfeiture – White v 29 Buckland Crescent Management Company Ltd.
  • Business rates avoidance schemes – Wigan Council v Property Alliance Group Ltd.
  • Enforcement of the MEES Regulations – Barke v Fenland DC.

There is also coverage of:

  • The Law Commission’s next programme of law reform.
  • Assets of community value – right to bid or right to buy?
  • Guarantor liabilities under the 1995 Act.
  • Property tax advice on SDLT.
  • Conveyancing update on Form TA6.
  • Land Registry requisitions regarding witnesses.

Published on 30 September 2025.