For subscribers, the October 2015 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
- Overage clauses and permitted disposals - Burrows Investments Ltd v Ward Homes Ltd;
- Obtaining leave to forfeit in an administration - Re SSRL Realisations Ltd;
- Completing agreements for lease strictly in accordance with the agreement - A2 Dominion Homes Ltd v Prince Evans Solicitors;
- Equitable easements arising by estoppel - Hoyl Group Ltd v Cromer Town Council;
- Private dwelling relief for CGT - Fountain & Anor v Revenue & Customs;
- Single or separate hereditaments for business rates - Woolway v Mazars.
In addition, there is coverage of:
- 1954 Act – a new exclusion for home businesses;
- The commencement of the unfair terms parts of the Consumer Rights Act 2015;
- A new consultation on the Consumer Code for Home Builders;
- Insolvency – raising the threshold for petitioning for bankruptcy;
- Residential tenancies – new section 21 notices;
- Energy efficiency – minor changes to EPC regulations;
- Exchanging contracts with scanned copies;
- Land registration - legal or equitable easement, and why it matters;
- Land Registry removes fax as a means of communication;
- Property fraud – communicating bank details by fax.
Published 30 September 2015.