Commercial property (including landlord and tenant) update Summer 2023

Recorded on: 04/07/2023

This webinar is part of our regular quarterly update series, designed to be an engaging and efficient means of keeping abreast of key developments, and will cover a number of recent cases and other changes on both commercial leases and commercial property generally, including the following topics:

Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954:
- B&M Retail Limited v HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Limited – terms of lease renewal under the Act
- Man Limited v Back Inn Time Diner Limited – ground (f)
- Law Commission review of the Act
Cases on modifying restrictive covenants under s84 of the Law of Property Act 1925:
- Quantum (Barrowsfield) Ltd v Bell
- Young Cammiade
Cases on easements:
- Gosling v Bradbury – water easement (ancillary rights)
- Bucknell v Alchemy Estates (Holywell) Ltd (scope of right of way)
Attestation issues:
- Euro Securities & Finance Ltd v Barrett
Duty of care owed to third party when completing Land Registry form:
- Seema Ashraf v Lester Dominic Solicitors
Liability in nuisance:
- Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council – liability for Japanese knotweed
- Jalla v Shell International Trading and Shipping Co Ltd – whether or not a continuing nuisance had occurred
Sale of land held on statutory trust under s10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906:
- R (Day) v Shropshire Council
The new CLLS Certificate of Title
Appeal in Pretoria Energy Company (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd – whether or not heads of terms were binding