The facts in Baker v Craggs were relatively unusual, but the legal issues that they threw up shone a light on fundamental concepts in registered land conveyancing. The vendor of land sold one plot to A, but omitted to reserve a right of way. There were problems with the registration […]
PART ONE Introduction On 18th November 2010 Greg Clark, the then Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in October 2008, gave a speech to Localis, an independent, think tank promoting neo-localist ideas.1 Mr Clark talked about the need to “reboot planning to meet the needs of the […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE FOS This book is about the Financial Ombudsman Service (or ‘FOS’). The FOS is probably the main form of alternative dispute resolution for customers of those who are subject to financial regulation. In this way it provides an important way of resolving a wide variety […]
CHAPTER THREE STATUTORY LEASE EXTENSIONS As mentioned previously, the piece of legislation that allows for this to happen is the Leasehold Reform Housing & Urban Development Act 1993 (as amended by subsequent Acts). Under the act then a leaseholder has an automatic right to require that their freeholder offer them […]
Consideration was given for the editing and publication of this post. Robbery, burglary or thefts are criminal offences. Robbery deals with acquiring someone’s property intentionally with force, violence, threat, by using deadly weapons or intimidation and by depriving the owner of that property. Robbery is different from theft or burglary […]
CHAPTER ONE UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THE TENANT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR Content This chapter examines the extent and nature of the tenant’s repairing obligation, including considerations as to interpretation. It also looks beyond the general covenant to repair, to consider other covenants which are relevant to the physical condition of […]
CHAPTER ONE THE BASICS OF A CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS OF EXISTING USE AND DEVELOPMENT Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 envisages three circumstances where a certificate may be issued. Two relate to unauthorized development and the third relates to development in breach of a condition. Subsection […]
CHAPTER ONE WHO IS THE EMPLOYER? Introduction A key question for any employment practitioner; you could even say crucial – for how else do we know who to sue? But in the Education sector this is not always an easy question to answer. In this chapter we will examine both […]
At its simplest Certificates of Lawfulness concern two sections of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Such a simplistic approach would, however, do the topic a disservice as there are a number of other sections that are engaged including the definition of development as well as the obvious link […]
The second Jackson report of July 2017 introduces the idea of further fixed costs into all areas of personal injury, as well as further tariff fees in road traffic claims, fixed costs in clinical negligence, and fixed costs in multi-track cases. These changes are likely to come into effect in […]
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