lawindexpro - Land Case Law Update 20 March 2012 20 March 2012 en-us dswarb@gmail.com dswarb@gmail.com Case law database England, Scotland, Nothern Ireland, Europe http://lawindexpro.co.uk Cook -v- The Mortgage Business Plc 24-Jan-12 - CA - The land owners sought relief from possession orders made under mortgages given in equity release schemes: "If the . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=450464 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=450464 Chambers -v- London Borough of Havering 20-Dec-11 - CA - The defendant appealed against an order for him to surrender possession of land he had claimed by adverse possession. . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=450103 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=450103 Dixon and Another -v- Hodgson and Others 20-Dec-11 - CA - The parties were in a boundary dispute. The court warned of the danger of deciding where a boundary is by simply . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=450105 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=450105 Hardy and Another -v- Haselden and Others 29-Nov-11 - CA - The claimants had taken up occupation of a farm under an informal arrangement which they now said amounted to a tenancy . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=449033 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=449033 Sharma and Another -v- Simposh Ltd 23-Nov-11 - CA - The parties created an oral and therefore void contract for a development, the claimants paid a deposit, expressed to . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=448491 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=448491 Zarb and Another -v- Parry and Another 15-Nov-11 - CA - The parties disputed the position of the boundary between their neighbouring properties. The appellant Z had succeeded . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=448324 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=448324 Egan -v- Basildon Borough Council 26-Sep-11 - QBD - The claimant sought a injunction to restrain the defendant council from executing enforcement notices regarding the use . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=444871 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=444871 Cleaver and Others -v- Schyde Investments Ltd 29-Jul-11 - CA - The parties had contracted for the sale of land. The purchaser secured the rescinding of the contract for innocent . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=443231 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=443231 Swift 1st Ltd -v- Colin and Others 27-Jul-11 - ChD - The parties disputed the effects of charges over a property. A charge had not been registered, but merely noted on the . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=444780 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=444780 Jones and Another -v- Ruth and Another 12-Jul-11 - CA - The parties were neighbours. The claimants succeeded in their assertion of trespass and nuisance in building works . . . http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=441586 http://www.lawindexpro.co.uk/cgi-bin/pubcited.pl?idx=441586