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R v Secretary of State for Wales, ex parte Kennedy
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Factors taken into account when considering whether an item is a fixture; particularly in relation to listed buildings....
AG v Jonathan Cape [1976]
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Between 1964 and 1970 a Cabinet Minister, with the knowledge of his Cabinet colleagues, kept a diary recording......
Curley v Parkes [2005]
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Purchase price resulting trust of home; when trust takes effect; whether it can be altered subsequently....
Farrar v Farrars Ltd 1888
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Mortgagee power of sale; whether he can sell to a company of which he is a shareholder....
Hunter v Babbage
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A husband and wife owned their matrimonial home as joint tenants. When their relationship broke down, the couple began...
Wayling v Jones [1995]
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The claimant, Wayling was in a homosexual relationship with his partner, Jones. For several years he worked at......
Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd [1982]
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The plaintiffs contracted to purchase a plot of land which was part of an estate under the development of the defendant....
Commonwealth of Australia v Verwayen
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The plaintiff was a naval officer who was injured when two navy ships, the HMAS Voyager and the HMAS Melbourne......
R v Oxfordshire CC, ex parte Sunningwell PC
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A glebe in Sunningwell, Oxfordshire, was an open space, used by the local people for outdoor activities. In 1978......
Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd
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The respondents owned a steam trawler, which was fitted with an otter trawl. The vessel could only operate as a trawler....
Burton v Camden LBC
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Whether a deed assigning joint tenancy constituted an assignment as prohibited by the Housing Act 1985....
Hanina v Morland (2000)
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The respondent in this case was tenant in a premises in a house, the freeholder of which had granted a 99 year......
Mehta v Royal Bank of Scotland
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were the mortgagees in possession of a hotel in Kensington....
Notting Hill Housing Trust v Brackley
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A married couple held a periodic tenancy on a property as joint tenants, which could be terminated with the provision......
Wright v Gibbons
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Co-ownership of property and whether a deed transferring a joint tenancy to one of the other joint tenant severed the tenancy....
Rochefoucauld v Boustead [1898]
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The Court of Appeal had given an initial decision that found that B had purchased an estate, the Delmar Estates......
Wrotham Park Estate v Parkside Homes
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The owner of an estate sold a parcel of land to a developer, with a covenant that the developer did not build......
Re Midland Railway Co's Agreement
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Landlord and tenant; notice to quit periodic tenancy not complying with proviso in agreement...
Grundt v Great Boulder Pty Gold Mines Ltd
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The appellants entered into an agreement in June 1934 with the respondent mining company to mine gold ore in a certain area....
Cowell v Rosehill Racecourse Co Ltd
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he appellant brought an action against the respondent for damages for assault at common law....
Bahr v Nicolay (No. 2)
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The appellant agreed to sell their land to the first respondent, with an option to buy it back later. The first respondent later sold the land......
Long v Gowlett [1923]
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Long owned a watermill and land which was on both sides of a river. Gowlett owned land on both sides of the river......
Malory Enterprises Ltd v Cheshire Homes (UK) Ltd
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A company dishonestly obtained a land certificate in respect of some land from the Land Registry and sold the land...
Binion v Evans [1972]
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The defendants promised the sellers of land that they would permit the claimant to continue living in one of the cottages for the remainder......
Job v Potton
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Liability for shares of profits of tenants in common under the Statute of Anne....
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