CPI Update - Issue 47 - June 2007

Cases reported in the June 2007 issue of the CPI Update:

• Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v PRG Powerhouse Ltd - Insolvency: Can a guarantor be released by a voluntary arrangement?
• Connolly Ltd v Bellway Homes Ltd - Mistake and deceit in overage agreements;
• Wall v Collins - Does merger of a lease extinguish easements? Can easements be used for additional land?
• McLaren v Kubiak - Jurisdiction of the court in village green cases;
• Yewbelle Ltd v London Green Developments Limited (CA) – Contracts conditional on planning; what is meant by reasonable endeavours?
• Hill v Bangham & Haines - Insolvency: Setting aside undervalue transactions;
• Riverside Housing Association Ltd v White - Rent increase clauses in leases;
• Stack v Dowden - Resulting and constructive trusts by contribution.