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Midland Bank Plc v Pike
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
The Midland Bank Plc were owed a sum of £55,000 by Mr Pike. Midland Bank secured a judgment debt against Mr Pike……
Miller v Jackson [1977]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Nuisance and negligence, the existence of a defence of coming to the nuisance…
Standard Chartered Bank Ltd v Walker
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
A company issued to P, a bank, a debenture giving P a charge over the company's assets in respect of any sums…
Radaich v Smith [1959]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The parties entered in to an agreement which was executed as a deed. The agreement allowed Radaich to occupy……
The Sea Angel 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The Sea Angel was a vessel used by Tsavliris to assist in the salvage operations concerning the Tasman Spirit……
R v Secretary of State for Wales, ex parte Kennedy
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Factors taken into account when considering whether an item is a fixture; particularly in relation to listed buildings….
Yaxley v Gotts [2000]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant, Yaxley, made an oral agreement with the defendant that Yaxley would refurbish and convert……
Tinsley v Milligan [1994]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Resulting trusts and illegality; whether equitable interest may be claimed despite conduct….
Blackburn Bobbin Co Ltd v Allen (TW) & Sons Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendants sold to the plaintiffs timber to be imported from Finland through a contract, made in early 1914….
Sekhon v Alissa [1989]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Presumed resulting trust of land; contribution to purchase price; equitable interests; gifts….
Holaw (470) Ltd v Stockton Estates Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Two neighbouring properties (A and P) were originally in the common ownership of CIS, with each property being let to a different tenant….
Dalton v Angus & Co
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimants and defendants' adjoined houses were built independently, but each had lateral support from the soil……
Veral v Great Yarmouth BC
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Great Yarmouth Council, which was under a Conservative majority granted a licence to the National Front……
Das v Linden Mews Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Two residents of Linden Mews formed a company called Linden Mews Ltd. The purpose of the company was the purchase……
Re Quaffers Ltd’s Application (1988)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant's land was bound by two restrictive covenants prohibiting business use of the land and the sale of alcohol….
Buckinghamshire County Council v Moran
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
In 1955 the claimant (C) acquired a plot of land with a view to building a road diversion. The land was left vacant for many years. The roadside of the plot was fenced but there was no fence between the garden of a house owned by the defendant’s predecessor….
Wright v Gibbons
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Co-ownership of property and whether a deed transferring a joint tenancy to one of the other joint tenant severed the tenancy….
National Car Parks Ltd v Trinity Development Co (Banbury) Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Landlord and tenant; whether agreement in relation to a car park was a lease or license…
Bahr v Nicolay (No. 2)
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The appellant agreed to sell their land to the first respondent, with an option to buy it back later. The first respondent later sold the land……
Morrells of Oxford Ltd v OUFC
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
The claimant (M) applied for an injunction to enforce a restrictive covenant contained in a conveyance of land against O, who proposed to convert the land to use a football stadium….
Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Lacto (L) was a shipowning company belonging to the Latvian state. Lacto entered into agreement with a Polish……
Pritchard v Cook & Red Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant, Pritchard, purchased a prize rally car from the defendant, Cook and Red, on the basis that the defendant had advertised……
Wall v Collins 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Doctrine of merger of leasehold and freehold interests, extinguishment of easements…
Elitestone Ltd v Morris
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
Freeholders issued proceedings for possession against Mr Morris who occupied a bungalow on the freehold land. The bungalow was situated on top of concrete blocks but was not attached to them….
Cityland and Property (Holdings Ltd) v Dabrah
Example case summary. Last modified: June 7, 2019
The plaintiffs, Cityland, sold a house to a former tenant for £3,500. The tenant paid £600 in cash and took……
Saunders v Vautier
Example case summary. Last modified: October 1, 2021
A sole beneficiary’s right to terminate a trust prior to the date stipulated in the trust. A father left in his will stock in a company for his young son, to be held by a trustee for his son as the sole beneficiary until he turns twenty-five years of age….
Long v Gowlett [1923]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Long owned a watermill and land which was on both sides of a river. Gowlett owned land on both sides of the river……
Shiloh Spinners Ltd v Harding
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimants (S) were assignees of two long leases of adjoining mills. S assigned part of the premises to T, who in turn assigned to H….
The Super Servant Two [1990]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendant agreed to transport the plaintiff's drilling rig from Japan to Rotterdam, using a transportation unit……
Abbott v Abbott [2007]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Beneficial ownership of matrimonial home; mortgage instalments; gift from husband's mother….
Rochefoucauld v Boustead [1898]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The Court of Appeal had given an initial decision that found that B had purchased an estate, the Delmar Estates……
Allan v Liverpool Overseas
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
The joint appellants, Allan and Inman, owned steamship companies. They were given a licence to use part of a docks including some sheds and a coal depot. The Docks and Harbour Board who controlled the docks charged the appellants rent on these….
Yukong Line Ltd of Korea v Rendsburg Investments Corporation of Liberia
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
In 1995, the plaintiffs, Yukong Line, who were owners of vessels, chartered the vessel Rialto to the first…
Kingsnorth Finance Co Ltd v Tizard
Example case summary. Last modified: October 6, 2021
A married couple jointly contributed to the purchase price for a property intended to serve as the matrimonial home with the husband taking sole legal title to the property at registration….
Small v Oliver & Saunders (Developments) Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The claimant owned a house next to the defendant who was a housing developer. The developer had two pieces of planning……
Nicholls v Lan
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A married couple, the Nicholls, jointly owned a property. Mr Nicholls subsequently entered bankruptcy……
Wrotham Park Estate v Parkside Homes
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The owner of an estate sold a parcel of land to a developer, with a covenant that the developer did not build……
Nickerson v Barraclough [1981]
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
Nickerson purchased a land locked field that had a lane running down the side of it for access to the main road. Barraclough owned the lane….
Malory Enterprises Ltd v Cheshire Homes (UK) Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A company dishonestly obtained a land certificate in respect of some land from the Land Registry and sold the land…
DGM Commodities Corporation v Sea Metropolitan SA
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
In October 2007, the defendants (the owners of a vessel) chartered a vessel to the claimants (the charterers)……
Wilkie v Redsell 2003
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Claim for equitable relief denied by claimant's own unconscionable conduct….
Cowcher v Cowcher
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Mr and Mrs Cowcher were together for almost 20 years, marrying in 1953. In 1963, they had bought a house together……
Re Midland Railway Co’s Agreement
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Landlord and tenant; notice to quit periodic tenancy not complying with proviso in agreement…
Reilly v Booth (1890)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
This case concerned a dispute as to the full extent of the rights conferred through an easement. The holder of an easement……
Stockholm Finance Ltd v Garden Holdings Inc
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Whether owning a property that is furnished but not inhabited can still be actual occupation….
Tsakiroglou & Co Ltd v Noblee Thorl
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The appellants agreed to sell to the respondents Sudanese groundnuts for shipment to Hamburg during November/December 1956. The agreement included a CIF (cost, insurance and freight) term (requiring the seller to arrange the carriage of the goods by sea to Hamburg….
Attorney-General v Antrobus
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The ability of the public to acquire a public right of way over land acquired through long user…
Caunce v Caunce [1969]
Example case summary. Last modified: October 6, 2021
A husband and wife both made contributions to the purchase price for a property intended to act as the matrimonial home. The property in question was unregistered land, and the husband received sole legal title….
Rogers v Hosegood [1900]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The owners of land conveyed a plot to a purchaser on the basis that no more than one dwelling should be erected……
Lord Northbourne v Johnston & Son
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
CE owned the S estate and upon death, vested the estate to trustees on behalf of SJ. It was subsequently……
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