‘A partner who acted for both sides of a property transaction where there was a conflict of interest has been fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Vatican has gone on trial in an English court for the first time, accused of subjecting a British businessman to “incoherent and confused” allegations over a London property deal.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This week, Paul Newman KC looks at the problems that arise when small self-administered schemes holding commercial property need to liquidate the asset to pay pension benefits.’
Pensions Barrister, 27th June 2024
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘James Mallery-Nelson examines the application of the Crichel Down Rules where public bodies decide to dispose of land acquired by compulsion.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd May 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has used a case where 10 law firms are being sued to warn about “extreme attempts” to bring such claims in one action.’
Legal Futures, 22nd April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Michael Gove’s signature bill to stop developers selling new houses as leasehold properties contains loopholes that will allow them to continue doing so in certain circumstances, a revelation that has triggered anger among housing campaigners.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An unrepresented claimant has won her appeal against lawyers in a negligence case described by the judge as a “stark example” of how attempts to hasten a victory go wrong.
Opening his judgment in Anna Christie v Mary Ward Legal Centre and Anor, The Honourable Mr Justice Turner said: “There is no shortage of civil cases in which well-intentioned attempts to hasten victory have had the very opposite effect. This case is a stark example of what can happen when things go wrong.”‘
Law Society's Gazette, 19th July 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘West Northamptonshire Council has successfully defended a judicial review challenge brought by an unsuccessful bidder over the local authority’s decision to sell land adjacent to Sixfields Stadium, the home of Northampton Town Football Club.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th July 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has secured an order from the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) that it need not serve a notice to treat when engaged in the compulsory purchase of land from an unknown person, despite the Court Funds Office maintaining that it was.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Campaigners have won a supreme court appeal to stop houses being built on a park protected by a 100-year-old statutory trust in Shrewsbury, in a landmark ruling for the protection of green spaces.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In this post, Henry Powell (Associate) and Antoni Hajdon (Of Counsel) in the Real Estate Disputes team at CMS, comment on the case of Barton & Ors v Morris & Anor in place of Gwyn Jones (deceased) [2023] UKSC 3 – handed down on 25 January 2023.’
UKSC Blog, 13th February 2023
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Foxpace Limited (“Foxpace”), the Fourth Respondent, owned a property known as Nash House in London. This appeal concerns an oral agreement between Foxpace and Mr Barton, the First Respondent, about Nash House. In the High Court it was held that Foxpace agreed to pay Mr Barton £1.2 million if he introduced a purchaser for Nash House who bought it for £6.5 million. The £1.2 million represented deposits and other expenses that Mr Barton had lost on two previous attempts to buy Nash House.’
UKSC Blog, 25th January 2023
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A multinational legal and financial software business has been ordered to sell a British property searches firm in a rare intervention by the monopolies watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed today that an investigation had concluded that last year’s £91.5m acquisition of TM Group by Dye & Durham “substantially lessens competition in the supply of property search services in England and Wales”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd August 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal in a dispute over what happens when a local authority disposes of land subject to a statutory trust for public recreational purposes without complying with the relevant statutory requirements.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A claimant suing his solicitors for negligence in how they pursued a claim for negligence against other solicitors has failed in his application for permission to appeal a ruling that refused summary judgment in his favour.’
Legal futures, 18th January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Investors who lost money in a failed property development in Liverpool should sue their former solicitors rather than the law firm which held and paid out their deposits, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 11th January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has allowed Oxfordshire County Council’s appeal in a case in which a family said the sale of school land worth £1.2m, which was gifted to the council by their late family member, was unlawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A solicitor who acted for both sides in a house sale at an undervalue, set aside by the High Court on the grounds of undue influence, has been fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 13th April 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In this post, Jacob Gilkes, a member of the tax team at CMS, previews the decision awaited from the UK Supreme Court in the matter of Balhousie Holdings Limited v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, which concerns whether a sale and leaseback transaction should be regarded for VAT purposes as a disposal by the seller of its “entire interest” in the building.’
UKSC Blog, 25th February 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
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