Guest v Guest & Anor [2019] EWHC 869 (Ch) (16 April 2019)
26th Apr 2019
Before: HH Judge Russen KC Citation: Guest v Guest & Anor [2019] EWHC 869 (Ch) Click here to read more.
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Training & News: Property
Sam Laughton discusses recent case where easement implied in favour of mortgagee over non-mortgaged land
17th Apr 2019
Sam Laughton, barrister at Ten Old Square Chambers, explores the decision in Taurusbuild Ltd and others v McQue which appears to be the first time a court has suggested that, when an owner of two adjoining properties grants a mortgage over one of them, easements can be implied in favour of the mortgagee over the non-mortgaged […]
Sam Laughton discusses the recent case of Francia Properties Ltd v St James House Freehold Ltd
4th May 2018
Sam Laughton, property law barrister at Ten Old Square, discusses the recent Upper Tribunal’s decision in Francia Properties Ltd v St James House Freehold Ltd. Sam advises that although development value can plainly be of great importance in such cases, solicitors and valuers should remember that there is no point in adducing or referring to evidence […]
Evan Price successfully represents defendant in undue influence property case
2nd Mar 2018
Evan Price, one of Ten Old Square’s expert wills barristers, successfully acted for the defendant in the high profile case of Hume v Leavey and Hume. The case involved two brothers disputing the ownership of their mother’s Hertfordshire home, after one brother, Glen, was left his mother’s entire estate. The eldest brother, John, claimed that […]
Bolton v Godwin-Austen
24th Jan 2014
Before: Lord Justice Goldring, Lord Justice McCombe and Sir Stanley Burnton Citation: [2014] EWCA Civ 27 Mr Kevin Farrelly (instructed by Hunters) for the other Respondents in both appeals. Click here to read more.
Yeates v Line & Field
16th Oct 2012
Before: Mr Kevin Posser KC Citation: [2012] EWHC 3085 (Ch) An appeal to the High Court from the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry, concerning the question of whether s.2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 applied to an oral settlement agreement concerning an adverse possession dispute and an application to alter the […]
Hughes v Bourne
28th Jul 2012
Judge: Mr Justice Henderson Citation: [2012] EWHC 2232 (Ch), [2012] WLR(D) 242 Saunders v Vautier; exercise of trustes’ power of appropriation; interpretation of share transfer provisions in private company’s Articles of Association. Click here to read more.
