CPI Update - Issue 80 - June 2010

The June 2010 issue of the CPI Update contains:

Case law commentary on:

• Rights of termination in agreements for lease - Dominion Corporate Trustees Ltd v Debenhams Properties Ltd;
• The inter-relation of section 2 LP(MP)A 1989 with section 106 agreements - Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside MBC;
• Disregarding improvements under previous leases at rent review - Hughes v Borodex Ltd;
• A tenancy at will terminable on notice? Katana v Catalyst Communities Housing Ltd;
• The validity of an exercise of an option to purchase - Truegold International Ltd v Questrock Ltd;
• The validity of an exercise of an option to break - The Hotgroup plc v Royal Bank of Scotland plc;
• Locus standi of landlords in nuisance cases - John Smith & Co (Edinburgh) Ltd v Hill;
• Qualifying user in village green cases - R (Oxfordshire & Bucks NHS Trust) v Oxfordshire CC;
• What is the valuation date in an option to purchase? Redlawn Land Ltd v Cowley.

Legislative developments in relation to:
The suspension of Home Information Packs.
Amendments to the rules on Energy Performance Certificates.
FSA regulation for sale and rent back schemes.

Practical comment on:
Company searches, and whether they are necessary for registered land?
Transactions at an undervalue, and the application of section 339 IA 1986.

Published 31st May 2010.