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Axnoller Events Ltd v Brake & Anor (cross-examination on a draft witness statement) (2021) EWHC 2539 (Ch) I don't know how many of you have been following the Axnoller v Brake litigation (parties vary, but are basically the same). I suspect not...
An assortment of useful and amusing things for a Sunday. First, the many and varied changes to the notice periods and validity periods of section 21 notices over the last 18 months has caused headaches for all involved in trying to calculate the...
[Updated 13 Sept 2021 with reference to CPR PD 70B] Axnoller Events Ltd v Brake & Anor (mental health crisis moratorium) (2021) EWHC 2308 (Ch) I'm not going into any detail on the background to this judgment. It forms part of what has been by...
Mahandru v Nielson (2021) EWHC 2297 (QB) An appeal of a County Court decision to refuse an interim injunction for re-entry in a claim for illegal eviction. The claimant, Mr Mahandru hd been living in a property owned by Dr Nielson since December...
No. 1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd (2021) EWCA Civ 1119 This was a second appeal to the Court of Appeal from the Upper Tribunal on two issues arising from long running litigation between the freeholder, West India...
Global 100 Ltd v Kyselakova & Ors (2021) EW Misc 13 (CC) This is the judgment in an appeal to a Circuit Judge - HHJ Luba QC - from a possession order made by a District Judge at the first hearing of the possession claim. The issues involved the...
Kalonga, R (On the Application Of) v The London Borough of Croydon (2021) EWHC 2174 (Admin) While Croydon v Kalonga on terminating flexible tenancies during the fixed term is to be heard by the Supreme Court (our report on the Court of Appeal...
In this recent judicial review (2021) EWHC 1964 (Admin) H.H. Judge Gosnell addressed interesting questions around closure orders, adjournments, Article 6(1) rights, and the refusal of the Magistrates Court to state a case. He declined to grant...
Almacantar Centre Point Nominee No.1 Ltd & Anor v CID Investments Ltd & Ors (2021) EW Misc 10 (CC) This is a county court case, so not a binding precedent, but it is a) fascinating (if hardly uncommon in London as a situation), and b) a...
A case dealing with the duty to make full and frank disclosure when applying for an anti-social behaviour injunction without notice.
I somehow missed this fascinating rent repayment order application decision back in February, and just had my attention drawn to it by a remarkably dimwitted rule 13 costs application decision on the same case (on which more later on). There are a...
Gell v 32 St John's Road (Eastbourne) Management Company Ltd (2021) EWCA Civ 789 This is one of those cases where the Court of Appeal says "It is perhaps surprising that in the 35 years since the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 was enacted the effect...