CPI Update - Issue 36 - June 2006

Cases reported in the June 2006 issue of the CPI Update:

• Legal & General v Expeditors International (UK) Ltd (High Court) – What amounts to delivery of vacant possession in the context of a break clause;
• R (on the applic. of National Grid Gas) v Environment Agency (High Court) - Contaminated land; remediation notices; Class A persons;
• Metha v J Pereira Fernandes SA – Guarantees; whether an email contains a signature;
• Pirabakaran v Patel - Forfeiture of mixed user leases;
• Byrom Kane & Kane v Commissioners of Revenue & Customs - VAT in relation to a licence to occupy;
• Dutton v Davis - Option to repurchase land; option or mortgage?
• Witney Golf Club Ltd v Parker - Rectification of a unilateral mistake.