CPI Update - Issue 66 - March 2009

The March 2009 issue of the CPI Update is attached below. Click on the attachment to open up the file. The update contains:

Case law commentary on:

• The implications of non-disclosure in commercial property insurance - Ansari v New India Assurance Ltd;
• Has a landlord a right to enter to drill bore holes? Heronslea (Mill Hill) Ltd v Kwik-Fit Properties Ltd;
• Service charge disputes over promotion costs - Boots UK Ltd v Trafford Centre Ltd;
• Licence to assign – requiring a continuing guarantee - Landlord Protect Ltd v St Anselm Development Co Ltd;
• Rights to light and light obstruction notices - Salvage Wharf Ltd v G & S Brough Ltd;
• Disability discrimination, and the need to make reasonable adjustments - Allen v Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ;
• Open contract rules on deducing title - Ezekiel v Kohali (CA);
• Adverse possession to highway land - R (on the application of Smith) v Land Registry.

Legislative developments in relation to:
Land Registration; first registration triggers applicable from April 2009
Apportioning for goodwill in relation to SDLT
Mortgage rescue schemes and the sale and leaseback sector
Gas Safety – CORGI to be replaced by the Gas Safety Register
New environmental regulations

Practical comment on:
Deferring consideration on the sale of land
Headline rent clauses
The 2008 update to the City of London certificate of title
Professional practice – VAT on disbursements
Mortgage repossessions – Mortgage rescue scheme
Lasting powers of attorney – Guidance on drafting

Published 1st March 2009.