For subscribers, the July 2014 issue of the CPI Update appears attached below, and deals with the following cases:
- Mount Eden Land Ltd v Bolsover Investments Ltd - the reasonableness of a landlord’s refusal of a consent to alter;
- Century Projects Limited v Almacantar (Centre Point) Limited - whether scaffolding erected for building repairs breaches the covenant for quiet enjoyment;
- Darby & Darby (A Firm) v Joyce - How a lack of advice on restrictive covenants leads to professional negligence;
- Boots UK Ltd v Goldpine Estates Ltd - setting lease renewal terms and interim rents;
- St Matthews (West) Ltd & Ors) v HM Treasury & HMRC - another success for HMRC in challenging SDLT avoidance schemes;
- Stagecoach South Western Trains Ltd v Hind & Steel - an owner’s liability for falling trees.
In addition, there is coverage of:
- The Infrastructure Bill and the plan for the Land Registry to take over local searches.
- The inter-relation of break rights and rent review.
- Negotiating service charge protections for tenants.
- Specimen drafting for Community Infrastructure Levy.
- The Land Registry’s rules on original and copy documents.
- New Land Registry certification procedures.
Published on 30 June 2014.