CPI Update - Issue 20 - January 2005

The following cases are reported in the January 2005 issue of the CPI Update:

• Clear Channel UK Limited v Manchester City Council – Is an advertising agreement a lease or a licence?
• Fengate v Commissioners of Customs and Excise - VAT on transfers within a partnership;
• Blumenthal v The Church Commissioners for England – Section 84 LPA 1925; application to modify leasehold covenants; is a covenant positive or restrictive?
• Fattal v John Lyon Free Grammar School Governors - Landlord and tenant; valuation for enfranchisement purposes;
• Dyment v Boyden - Company Law; unlawful financial assistance.