Assurances made by a purchaser to a homeowner that they could remain in occupation after completion of a sale and rent-back scheme did not amount to the grant of ownership rights taking priority over the purchaser’s mortgagee.
This was the judgment of the Supreme Court in the test case of Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Read More
In May this year, the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision that Marks & Spencer could recover from its former landlord excess rent relating to the period between a break date in its lease and the end of the rental quarter in which it fell. M&S had been required to pay the full Read More
The Coventry v Lawrence litigation attracted a lot of attention earlier this year on the subject of when an injunction would be granted to restrain a nuisance (such as interfering with rights to light). A further decision by the Supreme Court in the same case has now provided some welcome guidance on the different topic Read More
On 4 November 2014 Hogan Lovells, in partnership with International Building Press, hosted its popular Annual Strategic Land Debate. Peter Bill of the London Evening Standard chaired an animated discussion on topics focusing on the chronic housing shortage in Britain.
On the panel were: Bill Hughes, Managing Director at Legal & General Property; Emma Read More