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Kreglinger v New Patagonia Meat & Cold Storage Co Ltd
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Collateral advantages and clogs on the equity of redemption....
Williams (JW) v Williams
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The effect of the purpose of a trust in providing a family home on an attempted claim for a sales order under the 1925 LPA....
Pugh v Savage [1970]
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Pugh was the owner of a farm which included field A. Field A was accessed from the highway along a lane, into a field......
J Sainsbury plc v Enfield LBC
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An individual had conveyed part of his land to the first claimant, subject to restrictive covenants stated to be binding on the latter's......
P&A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group
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The landlord designated specific business premises to a subsidiary company, which was owned by the defendant....
Mills v Silver [1991]
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Silver purchased a hill farm which only had one access for vehicles, which was along the track over Mill's......
Tulk v Moxhay 1848
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The plaintiff used to be the owner of a vacant piece of ground in Leicester Square, as well as several of the houses......
Hollington v Rhodes
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In 1945 a draft underlease for a fixed term of seven years was agreed between the claimants (C) and the defendants (D), although D failed...
Miles v Easter
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Company S bought some land and mortgaged it to a bank. They later sold a part of this land to B....
Appleby v Myers
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The plaintiffs had a contract with the defendant to erect machinery on his premises at a specific price for particular......
R v Wilson (1996) 2 Cr App Rep 241 | Criminal Law Case
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R v Wilson (1996) 2 Cr App Rep 241. The appellant was charged with assaulting his wife contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861....
Re Martin's Application (1989)
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A local authority conveyed land to an individual containing a covenant requiring the purchaser to preserve the land as an open, undeveloped area....
Grant v Edwards
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The complainant, Mrs Grant, was going to co-habit with Mr Grant. The defendant purchased a house for them to live......
Westminster City Council v Clarke
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Local authority homeless hostel; whether occupation agreement was a lease or a license...
Monsanto v Tilly [1999]
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The claimant was a company that had been granted a licence by the government to carry research into genetically......
Kent v Kavanagh [2006]
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Freehold owners entered into a building agreement with a firm of builders who erected a road of semi-detached houses......
Gillett v Holt [2001]
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The claimant, Gillett, worked on Holt's farm. Holt persuaded Gillett to abandon plans for college and to work......
Campbell v Griffin [2001]
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The claimant, Campbell, moved in with a much older couple, Mr and Mrs Ascough, as a lodger....
Crawley BC v Ure 1996
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Landlord and tenant; one joint tenant giving notice to quit without consulting the other...
Cameron v Murdoch (1986)
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Proprietary estoppel can be enforced even though the interest is inchoate....
Medforth v Blake [2000]
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In 1984 the defendants were appointed as receivers over the pig-farming business of the plaintiff....
Bedson v Bedson
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A husband and wife had three children and lived in the matrimonial home which was a flat above a draper's......
Burnett's Trustee v Grainger
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Grainger purchased the title to a flat for £45,000 from Burnett (B). Once this was agreed, Grainger failed......
State Bank of India v Sood
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In this case, the first and second defendants were the legally registered proprietors of the family home, which the...
Federated Homes Ltd v Mill Lodge Properties Ltd
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A company owned a site which included three parcels of land. They gained planning permission to build on the site.....
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