CPI Update - Issue 82 - September 2010

The September 2010 issue of the CPI Update contains:

Case law commentary on:

• Providing for vacant possession - Area Estates Ltd v Weir;
• The frustration of an overage agreement - Hildron Finance Ltd v Sunley Holdings Ltd;
• Voluntary arrangements set aside for unfair prejudice - Mourant & Co Trustees Ltd v Sky UK Ltd;
• Interpreting restrictive covenants (section 79 LPA 1925) - Roadside Group Ltd v Zara Commercial Ltd;
• Leasehold enfranchisement and the definition of a house - Day & Anor v Hosebay Ltd;
• Whether summary judgment is appropriate in 1954 Act contested renewals - Somerfield Stores Ltd v Spring (Sutton Coldfield) Ltd;
• The presumption of reality in rent review cases - Airways Aero Associations Ltd v Wycombe DC;
• Rescission of a sale agreement - McGahon v Crest Nicholson Regeneration Ltd;
• Landlord and tenant, and the need for certainty of term - Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd;
• Misrepresentation and entire agreement clauses - Shaftesbury House (Developments) Ltd v Lee;
• Trespass and ownership of land - Star Energy Weald Basin Limited v Bocardo SA; Stadium Cap. Hold. (No 2) Ltd v St Marylebone Prop. Co. plc.

Legislative developments in relation to:
Competition law and land agreements;
Mortgage repossessions – protection of tenants;
Planning – environmental impact assessment consultation
Insolvency – CVA consultation.

Practical comment on:
Partnerships – assignment and release
Carbon reduction commitment – drafting next steps
Land Registry – Welsh language glossary
Planning – model planning obligations.

Published 1st September 2010.