Summary The correct interpretation of a notice clause, in an agreement for the grant of underleases of premises, that either party could terminate the parties' obligations by giving three months' notice was that the service of the notice would terminate the obligations with immediate effect. Facts The appellant seller (N)...

Summary A master was entitled to refuse an application by a director, who had allegedly breached his fiduciary duties and dishonestly and knowingly caused excise duty points to occur resulting in a company suffering loss and damage, to join the liquidator of the company and the Revenue and Customs Commissioners...

Summary Applying an holistic approach to the evidence before the court, it was apparent that the claimant held a 25 per cent interest in a property with the estate of his deceased mother holding a 50 per cent interest and the estate of his deceased brother holding a 25 per cent interest. Facts...

Summary The VAT and duties tribunal had not erred in law in upholding a decision to disallow input tax claims on the ground that the transactions to which the claims related were connected with the fraudulent evasion of VAT, of which the taxpayer was, or ought to have been, aware....

Summary A contract for the sale of land subject to a new lease was not void for uncertainty, despite the draft lease not having plans attached or a quantified service charge provision. The corrections that were required were clear and the court was able to make them. Facts The claimant ...

Summary This collective enfranchisement appeal concerned a very high value property in Cadogan Square, the purchase price of which was fixed by the Tribunal at around £17million. The appeal dealt largely with valuation issues.

Summary John Dagnall appeared for three companies (C) who had acquired and developed two adjoining areas of registered land in Poole originally bought from the Canford Estate and subject to Restrictive Covenants. The First Defendant (D1) was a company which had bought the adjoining (originally private) road and an adjoining...

Summary A holder of certain loan notes backed by a securitised mortgage portfolio was entitled to pursue a claim in the English courts against the mortgage servicing agent that was domiciled in Portugal, as the claim was subject to an agreement conferring jurisdiction on the English courts and was within...