CPI Update - Issue 78 - April 2010

The April 2010 issue of the CPI Update contains:

Case law commentary on:

• Supreme Court consideration of “deference” in village green applications - R (on the application of Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland BC;
• Is adverse possession of highway land possible? - R (on the application of Smith) v Land Registry;
• Missing contract terms and section 2 LP(MP)A 1989 - North Eastern Properties Limited v Coleman & Quinn;
• Land registration requirements for adverse possession under Schedule 6 LRA 2002 - Baxter v Mannion;
• Recovery of a landlord’s costs under a covenant to pay costs - Agricullo Ltd v Yorkshire Housing Ltd.

Legislative developments in relation to:
Budget 2010 – the SDLT rate changes.
Changes to the option to tax.
Land Registry – an e-conveyancing consultation.
CRC – the final form of regulations and commencement.
Climate change – a new EPC consultation paper.
Development – the final form of Community Infrastructure Regulations.
Development – Community Infrastructure Levy guidance.
Development – consultation on a new planning obligation policy.
Residential leasehold – changes to the assured tenancy rent threshold.
Planning – minor UCO and GPDO changes.
A reminder of the April commencement of the Consumer Code for Home Builders, and the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009.

Practical comment on:
The effect of the 1954 Act interim continuation.
The Land Registry early completion policy, repeating searches and registering unilateral notices.
Land Registry – the end of Land Registry Direct.

Published 30th March 2010.