Tag: UK Law

Paradine v Jane [1647]
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The plaintiff, Paradine, brought an action against the defendant, Jane, for the rent arrears for the lands that......

Bull v Bull
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: A mother and son jointly purchased a property, however the son contributed a greater proportion of the original......

King v David Allen & Sons Billposting Ltd
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: A tenant of a lease over a cinema gave the claimant a license to advertise within the grounds in exchange for a fee. The tenant brought their......

Clore v Theatrical Properties Ltd and Westby & Co Ltd
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Whether agreement lease or license; whether binding upon third party with notice...

Orgee v Orgee [1997]
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant agreed to farm the claimant's land on the understanding that he would be given an agricultural tenancy......

Russel v Russel (1783)
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Depositing title deeds raised presumption of equitable mortgage....

Paddington Building Society v Mendelsohn
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendants, a mother and her son, agreed to buy the leasehold of the mother's flat. The mother contributed......

Phipps v Pears 1965
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Negative easement of protection against the weather by a neighbour's house...

Peckham v Ellison (2000)
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: This case dealt with two neighbouring terrace council houses built in the 1940s. Each house was let out by the......

Blackburn Bobbin Co Ltd v Allen (TW) & Sons Ltd
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendants sold to the plaintiffs timber to be imported from Finland through a contract, made in early 1914....

Re Quaffers Ltd's Application (1988)
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The claimant's land was bound by two restrictive covenants prohibiting business use of the land and the sale of alcohol....

National Car Parks Ltd v Trinity Development Co (Banbury) Ltd
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Landlord and tenant; whether agreement in relation to a car park was a lease or license...

Pritchard v Cook & Red Ltd
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The claimant, Pritchard, purchased a prize rally car from the defendant, Cook and Red, on the basis that the defendant had advertised......

National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Lease of warehouse; local authority closed access road; whether lease frustrated...

Horrocks v Forray [1976]
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The claimants in this judgment were the executors of an estate and the defendant had been the owner of the estate......

P & S Platt Ltd v Crouch
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Crouch owned three pieces of land, including a hotel, house and bungalow built on an island in the river......

McCormick v Lord Advocate
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Whether Queen Elizabeth II could use 'II' in Scotland where there had never been an Elizabeth I; consideration of judicial......

Dunraven Securities Ltd v Holloway
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The case involved a 150-year lease of a property between landlord and tenant, with the property being a retail store....

The Calgarth [1927]
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The Calgarth was the stern tug of a large steam ship, the Otarama, which was assisting the larger vessel ......

Re Ballard's Conveyance
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The vendor included a covenant on the conveyance of property which defined the vendor as successors of the estate......

Hounslow LBC v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The plaintiff council, the London Borough of Hounslow, entered into a contract with the defendant builders for the......

Lowson v Coombes
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: Mr Lowson and Ms Coombes were a couple who purchased a house together. They were not married, as Mr Lowson was still......

Smith v Brudenell-Bruce
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendants were trustees of an estate, part of SavernakeForest, Wiltshire, comprised within a conveyance of 1951....

Akici v LR Butlin Ltd [2006]
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The claimant was the tenant of a commercial lease of premises which contained a covenant preventing the sub-lease......

Lissimore v Downing [2003]
17th Jun 2019
Introduction: The defendant was a wealthy individual who expressed various sentiments that his girlfriend (the claimant)......