CPI Update 259 – December 2025

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

  • Break rights on lease renewal – Ministry of Sound Ltd v The British and Foreign Wharf Company Ltd.
  • Professional negligence in overage agreements – Powis Street Est. (No. 3) Ltd v Winston & Strawn London LLP.
  • The extent of rights granted by easements – AJP Homes Ltd v Tate Estates (Lambert House) Ltd.
  • Another case on boundary demarcation agreements – Crea & Anor v Camp & Anor. 
  • Specific performance of contracts for sale – Wheatland & Anor v CL SPV 1 Ltd.     

There is also coverage of:

  • The roadmap for Renters Rights Act 2025 implementation.
  • Proposals for minor reform of Land Transaction Tax.
  • VAT on reverse payments in leases.
  • Land Registry practice on first registrations.
  • Land Registry practice on lease determination.

Published on 30 November 2025.