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Avon Ground Rents Limited v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Company Ltd (2023) EWCA Civ 616 This was the Court of Appeal judgment on a an appeal related to (but not from) the Upper Tribunal decision in Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM...
A short note on an Upper Tribunal appeal that may have broader consequences. Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Company Ltd & Anor (2020) UKUT 358 (LC) This was an appeal on whether the leaseholders of two block were entitled to acquire...
The question of the use of hedonic regression in the calculation of relativity is, I suspect, not breakfast table conversation for some of our readers even if it would appear that in the bars of Chelsea they talk of nothing else. The Upper Tribunal's...
At least less risky for property investors. That is the basis of the Upper Tribunal's decision in Voyvoda v Grosvenor West End Properties, which we have managed to miss reporting because of the Summer break. Voyvoda is all about the "deferment rate" used in...
Westbrook Dolphin Square Ltd v Friends Provident Life and Pensions Ltd [2011] EWHC 2302 (Ch) This is probably one of the most factually complicated collective enfranchisement cases imaginable. In outline, as you know, qualifying tenants of flats have the...
Hemphurst Ltd v Durrels House Ltd [2011] UKUT 6 (LC) is, I suspect, going to go on appeal to the Court of Appeal. Certainly, if you practice in the field of leasehold enfranchisement, it's one you'll want to know about as it's pretty important. In general...
McHale v Cadogan [2010] EWCA Civ 1471 is turning into a bit of a Jarndyce v Jarndyce. We noted the first part of the Court of Appeal decision earlier in the year here and ended it by saying: "The appeal also raised another issue, namely whether the...
Apparently Dan Brown (he of "The Da Vinci Code" nonsense) is bringing out a new book shortly. I can't imagine why anyone would want to read it. Especially given that there are (just this week!) three relevant statutory instruments to consider. Ideal poolside...
The Lands Tribunal has handed down a number of important decisions in the last week that those working in the field of leasehold enfranchisement need to be aware of. Earl Cadogan v Erkman LRA/56/2007 & LRA/68/2007 (links to a .pdf file) concerns attempts...
Ackerman and another v Lay and others [2008] EWCA Civ 1428 (not on Bailli, but available via Lawtel) The appellants/tenants were the leasehold owners of a building and the respondents were the freehold owners of the same. The building had been subdivided...
Earl Cadogan and other v Pitts and another; Earl Cadogan and another v Sportelli and another [2008] UKHL 71 Enfranchisement is the process whereby leaseholders can force their freeholder to sell them the freehold of the property. The Leasehold Reform Act...