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Landlord, Tenant and Property
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Construction disputes are a rich source of argument in the courts, and where the contract affords one party a ‘discretion’ with regard to its rights or obligations under the contract,...
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The leases relating to tenancies in blocks of flats and similar buildings will normally require the tenants to make a reasonable contribution towards the ‘estate’ costs of the property. The...
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An argument over a planning permission for a small rural development has necessitated the intervention of the Court of Appeal, which confirmed that a council that failed to follow its...
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No amount of careful drafting can be guaranteed to iron out disagreements as to the true meaning of contract terms and when a dispute occurs it may require the intervention...
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Planning permissions mean what they say and judges are very reluctant to imply terms into them, even in order to correct flawed drafting. That point was made by the High...
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Aesthetic opinions differ dramatically and, in planning disputes, one property owner’s dream is very often anathema to another. That was certainly so in one case in which the Court of...
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