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Jacobs v Seward
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Miss Lawrence and Miss Senior were tenants in common of three fields used for growing crop. Miss Senior served……
A (A Juvenile) v R
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A was seen to have spat on a police officer’s rain jacket, during the course of being escorted from one location to another. The rain coat was used as……
WG Clark (Properties) Ltd v Dupre Properties Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
The basement flat of an apartment was leased to a tenant. A year later, the parties agreed that the tenant could extend……
Wheeler v JJ Saunders Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Wheeler bought properties adjacent to a farm. There were two access points to the properties, one via an access strip……
Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429, CA
Example case summary. Last modified: July 1, 2019
Mr Honick and Mrs Rawnsley bought a property as beneficial joint tenants. They had originally agreed to move into……
Re Martin’s Application (1989)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A local authority conveyed land to an individual containing a covenant requiring the purchaser to preserve the land as an open, undeveloped area….
Grant v Edwards
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The complainant, Mrs Grant, was going to co-habit with Mr Grant. The defendant purchased a house for them to live……
Westminster City Council v Clarke
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Local authority homeless hostel; whether occupation agreement was a lease or a license…
Sledmore v Dalby 1996
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The claimant leased her house to her daughter and son-in-law (the defendant). The claimant represented to the defendant…
Muskett v Hill (1839)
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The claimant was a mining group which had been purportedly assigned a person's right to mine and keep metals……
Hyde v Wrench – 1840
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
The complainant brought an action for specific performance, claiming that as Mr Wrench refused to sell the farm, this was a breach of contract. Contract – Counter Offer – Acceptance – Offer – Negotiation – Breach of contract – Specific Performance…
Expert Clothing Service & Sales Ltd v Hillgate House Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The plaintiffs granted a lease of twenty-five years to the defendants under an agreement that the defendant would convert……
Hounslow LBC v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The plaintiff council, the London Borough of Hounslow, entered into a contract with the defendant builders for the……
National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Lease of warehouse; local authority closed access road; whether lease frustrated. National Carriers Ltd (NCL) granted Panalpina a 10-year lease of a warehouse. The sole means of accessing the warehouse was via a road which was closed by the local authority for 20 months….
Lee v Leeds CC; Ratcliffe and Others v Sandwell MBC
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Landlord's obligations with regards to ensuring that a property is fit for human habitation…
Lloyds Bank v Rosset
Example case summary. Last modified: October 4, 2021
The defendant, Mrs Rosset, was married to Mr Rosset, who was the sole registered owner of the property in question. Mr Rosset had bought this house with his family trust money, which had insisted on his sole ownership as a condition for using that money….
Hirji Mulji v Cheong Yue Steamship Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
By a charterparty, made in November 1916, the respondents chartered their steamship to the appellants. The charter was to commence on 1 March 1917 at the port of Singapore. …
Austerberry v Corporation of Oldham
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
COVENANT TO REPAIR, DEDICATION TO THE PUBLIC, TOLLS, TURNPIKE ROAD, HIGHWAY REPAIRABLE BY THE INHABITANTS AT LARGE, STREET…
Tower Hamlets LBC v Bromley LBC
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
A Henry Moore sculpture was purchased by London County Council in 1962. That organisation was subsequently abolished and replaced by the……
Monsanto v Tilly [1999]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant was a company that had been granted a licence by the government to carry research into genetically……
Chan Pui Chun v Leung Kam Ho
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The complainant had worked with the defendant and a personal relationship had developed with him while he was…
Lowson v Coombes
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Mr Lowson and Ms Coombes were a couple who purchased a house together. They were not married, as Mr Lowson was still……
National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
A man, his wife and children were occupants of a piece of property, though the defendant was the sole registered proprietor. The property was later used to secure an overdraft for the his company, and the bank which granted the overdraft registered a charge against the house accordingly….
Dillwyn v Llewelyn [1862]
Example case summary. Last modified: December 30, 2020
A father signed a memorandum leaving his farm to his son. However, this memorandum was not executed by deed….
Aslan v Murphy (No 1)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Landlord and tenant; whether agreement is a lease which expressly excludes exclusive possession…
Smith v Brudenell-Bruce
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The defendants were trustees of an estate, part of SavernakeForest, Wiltshire, comprised within a conveyance of 1951….
Jones v Lipman [1962]
Example case summary. Last modified: September 29, 2021
Lipman agreed to sell a property to Jones for £5,250, but subsequently changed his mind. He then formed his own company, which had £100 in capital, and made himself the director and owner. …
Crabb v Arun DC 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
The claimant purchased land with a limited number of access points. The defendant authority placed gates at the access……
Akici v LR Butlin Ltd [2006]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant was the tenant of a commercial lease of premises which contained a covenant preventing the sub-lease……
Kent v Kavanagh [2006]
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Freehold owners entered into a building agreement with a firm of builders who erected a road of semi-detached houses……
Wilsons and Clyde Co v English
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
The defendants had employed the complainant, Mr English. He was working on a repair to an airway on the Mine Jigger Brae, which was used as part of the haulage system….
Gillett v Holt [2001]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant, Gillett, worked on Holt's farm. Holt persuaded Gillett to abandon plans for college and to work……
Campbell v Griffin [2001]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant, Campbell, moved in with a much older couple, Mr and Mrs Ascough, as a lodger….
Beatty v Guggenheim Exploration Co.
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendants, Guggenheim Exploration Company, acquired and developed mining properties and the complainant, Beatty……
Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The defendant was the successor-in-title to a company which persuaded the claimant to sell his lease to the company in exchange for a promise that he would continue occupying the property rent-free until the defendant gave him one quarter’s notice to leave….
Southwark LBC v Mills
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Landlord and tenant; whether poor soundproofing amounted to breach of covenant for quiet enjoyment…
Burrows v Brent LBC
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Ms Burrows was a secured tenant in a flat owned by the council. She fell behind with her rent and the council……
Austin v Keele (1987)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The parties, in this case, had a long business arrangement. The case was concerned with the dissolution of a……
Crawley BC v Ure 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Landlord and tenant; one joint tenant giving notice to quit without consulting the other…
Lissimore v Downing [2003]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendant was a wealthy individual who expressed various sentiments that his girlfriend (the claimant)……
London & Blenheim Estates Ltd v Ladbroke Retail Parks Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The Leicestershire Coop owned land in and around one of their stores in Leicestershire to London……
Pettitt v Pettitt
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The equitable interest of a spouse in a matrimonial home.. A woman purchased a matrimonial home for herself and her husband to live in out of her own sums and conveyed the home into her name….
Re Nisbet and Potts Contract
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
N entered into a contract to sell a parcel of land to P. N’s title was possessory, the paper title having being defeated by a successful……
Jones v Kernott
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
Beneficial interests of a co-habiting couple in a family home. An unmarried, co-habiting couple, Mr. Kernott and Ms. Jones, purchased a home with a mortgage in joint names….
Raja v Lloyds TSB Bank plc (2001)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
In 1986 the Appellant (R) was granted overdraft facilities which were secured by legal charges over four properties……
Calverley v Green
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Mr Calverley and Ms Green were in a de facto relationship, where they were not legally married but had lived together……
Nelson v Walker (1910)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
The parties were owners of two contiguous allotments of land (allotments 13 and 12). In 1873, before the owners……
Lloyd v Dugdale [2001]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendant had arranged for his company to do building work on the claimant's land on the understanding that the claimant would grant……
PW & Co v Milton Gate Investments Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant held the head-tenant of the defendant's building and sub-leased the property to several other parties….
Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
The appellants tendered for a contract with the respondents to build 28 houses for 8 months. The tender was accompanied by a letter which stated that the tender was subject to adequate supplies of materials and labour when required to carry out the work within the time specified….
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