Summary Under s.196(4) Law of Property Act 1925 service on a lessor by either registered post or recorded delivery was deemed to be on a presumed date of delivery regardless of when delivery of the registered letter or recorded delivery in fact took place. Facts Appeal by the claimant landlord ('WX')...

Summary A landlord's proposed works amounted to a demolition or reconstruction of an "eggshell" premises and, therefore, satisfied the grounds for opposing a new tenancy under s.30(1)(f) Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Facts Appeal by a tenant ('T') of ground floor shop premises let by the respondent landlords ('L'), from...

Summary A settlement agreement between the first defendant and a third party had not had the effect of extinguishing the third party's claim against the present claimants, with the consequence that the present claimants could look to the first defendant for a contribution towards the damages that they had been...

Summary There was nothing procedurally unfair about the decision of inspectors appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to complete and deliver their report into the appellant's conduct in relation to three companies without allowing him an opportunity to answer in writing the provisional criticisms made of...

Summary Judge entitled to find that a series of transactions by a company, in which a headlease and underlease were executed, were so indivisably bound together that the company never acquired anything more than a nominal reversion which could fall prey to a debenture. Facts Appeal by the first, second...

Summary The provisions of Part XII, Chapter II Companies Act 1985 were applicable in England, Wales and Scotland, the distinct chapters merely providing the process of registration in each jurisdiction. Facts Application by the administrators of the claimant company, incorporated in Scotland, for directions on whether a debenture granted by the...

Summary The provisions of s.97(2) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 were apt to provide for a measure of damages appropriate in cases of deliberate or reckless infringement. Facts The claimant sued the Sun newspaper for copyright infringement of a photograph of a patient at Rampton Hospital ('A'), a convicted killer....

Summary A judge was wrong to conclude that the fourth defendant's transfer of his legal interest in a property to the claimant was also intended to transfer his beneficial interest in that property. Facts Appeal by the fourth defendant ('K') from an order of HH Judge McKenna by which he...

Summary Successful application for summary judgment for specific performance of an agreement for the sale of a shopping centre. On the facts of the present case the vendor was not required to produce a stamped transfer in its favour on completion, from which it followed that the purchaser could not...