Results: 41

• Hillingdon London Borough Council v ARC Ltd

  12 Jun 1997 [1998] 1 WLR 174; [1997] 3 All ER 506; 96 LGR 131, Ch D

  07 Apr 1998 [1999] Ch 139; [1998] 3 WLR 754; [1999] LGR 282, CA

  Subsequent citations: 16.
  COMPULSORY PURCHASE — Compensation — Limitation of action
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  COMPULSORY PURCHASE — Compensation — Limitation of action — Accrual of cause of action — Claim made more than six years after acquiring authority's entry on land — Whether “action to recover … sum recoverable by virtue of … enactment” — Whether cause of action accruing before compensation quantified — Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, s 11 — Limitation Act 1980, s 9(1)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• In re B, decd

  22 Jan 1999 [1999] Ch 206; [1999] 2 WLR 1114; [1999] 2 All ER 425; [1999] 2 FLR 466, Ch D (Jonathan Parker J)

  17 Dec 1999 [2000] Ch 662; [2000] 2 WLR 929; [2000] 1 All ER 665; [2000] 1 FLR 363, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  FAMILY PROVISION — Dependant — Maintained by deceased
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  FAMILY PROVISION — Dependant — Maintained by deceased — Deceased cared for by mother in jointly owned home — Deceased's share in home purchased from damages under control of Court of Protection — Whether deceased contributing towards “reasonable needs” of mother — Whether assumption of responsibility by deceased for mother — Whether mother dependant — Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, ss 1(1)(e)(3), 3(4) — Mental Health Act 1983, s 95(1)(2)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Ferrishurst Ltd v Wallcite Ltd (Wallcite Ltd v Ferrishurst Ltd)

  30 Nov 1998 [1999] Ch 355; [1999] 2 WLR 667; [1999] 1 All ER 977, CA

  Subsequent citations: 9.
  LAND REGISTRATION — Overriding interest — “Actual occupation”
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  LAND REGISTRATION — Overriding interest — “Actual occupation” — Part occupation of building forming part of registered title — Occupier having unregistered option to purchase underlease of whole building — Whether entitled to assert overriding interest over whole building as against registered proprietor — Land Registration Act 1925, s 70(1)(g)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• Rainbow Estates Ltd v Tokenhold Ltd

  04 Mar 1998 [1999] Ch 64; [1998] 3 WLR 980; [1998] 2 All ER 860, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Repairs — Tenant's breach of covenant
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Repairs — Tenant's breach of covenant — Condition of property deteriorating — No provision in lease for landlord to enter and carry out repairs or for forfeiture or re-entry — Whether jurisdiction to order specific performance of tenant's repairing covenant — Whether order to be granted

  3 Case(s) considered
• Hurst v Bryk

  04 Feb 1997 [1999] Ch 1; [1998] 2 WLR 269; [1997] 2 All ER 283, CA

  30 Mar 2000 [2002] 1 AC 185; [2000] 2 WLR 740; [2000] 2 All ER 193, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive. Subsequent citations: 28.
  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Effect
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Effect — Agreement signed by partners prematurely dissolving partnership without consent of one partner — Partner treating agreement as repudiatory breach of partnership deed and accepting repudiation — Whether partner discharged from obligations under partnership deed — Whether partner obliged to contribute towards partnership liabilities — Partnership Act 1890, s 44

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re Duckwari Plc

  11 Jul 1996 [1997] Ch 201; [1997] 2 WLR 48, Ch D

  08 May 1998 [1999] Ch 253; [1998] 3 WLR 913, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 25.
  COMPANY — Director — Property transactions
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  COMPANY — Director — Property transactions — Property acquired from company owned by director when market buoyant — Transaction not approved by company in general meeting — Subsequent collapse in property market — What loss recoverable — Whether compensation for loss of value subsequent to transaction recoverable — Whether defence of acting honestly and reasonably available to director — Companies Act 1985, ss 320, 322(3)(b), 727

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• City and County of Swansea v Johnson

  23 Nov 1998 [1999] Ch 189; [1999] 2 WLR 683; [1999] 1 All ER 863, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  TRUSTS — Pension scheme — Maladministration
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  TRUSTS — Pension scheme — Maladministration — Local authority scheme for industrial injury allowances — Whether “occupational pension scheme” — Whether Pensions Ombudsman having jurisdiction to hear complaint — Pension Schemes Act 1993, s 1 — Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986, reg L3

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Carr-Glynn v Frearsons

  [1997] 2 All ER 614

  29 Jul 1998 [1999] Ch 326; [1999] 2 WLR 1046; [1998] 4 All ER 225; [1999] 1 FLR 8, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 12.
  SOLICITOR — Negligence — Intended beneficiaries under will
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  SOLICITOR — Negligence — Intended beneficiaries under will — Solicitor instructed to prepare will — Gift of interest in property held by testatrix on joint tenancy — Solicitor failing to advise testatrix to sever joint tenancy — Property passing by survivorship to other joint tenant on testatrix's death — Gift to intended beneficiary rendered ineffective — Whether solicitor liable to beneficiary

  5 Case(s) considered

• Lowson v Coombes

  26 Nov 1998 [1999] Ch 373; [1999] 2 WLR 720; [1999] 1 FLR 799, CA

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  EQUITY — Equitable interest — Illegality
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  EQUITY — Equitable interest — Illegality — House jointly purchased by man and mistress — Conveyed into her sole name to avoid potential claim by man's wife — Whether purpose of conveyance into mistress's sole name illegal — Whether man entitled to declaration of beneficial interest in property — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 37(2)(b)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Varsani v Jesani (Jesani v Varsani)

  03 Apr 1998 [1999] Ch 219; [1999] 2 WLR 255; [1998] 3 All ER 273, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 8.
  CHARITY — Cy-près doctrine — Trust funds
  Expand

  Case index catchwords

  CHARITY — Cy-près doctrine — Trust funds — Fund established to promote beliefs of religious sect — Sect divided into two factions — Whether jurisdiction to make scheme for division of funds between rival factions — Whether necessary to determine doctrinal validity of either faction's beliefs — Charities Act 1993, s 13

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered