Property Law Updates

A man who lost his savings in an ill-fated attempt to buy a holiday home in Cyprus which never progressed beyond a shell must now also pay tax on interest earned on the contents of

The occupant of one of Newcastle’s best-loved buildings, home to generations of wardens who tended the city’s Nuns Moor Park, has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that he has the right to continue

A landowner who demolished light industrial units, replacing them with larger ones, has failed in a High Court bid to overturn an enforcement notice requiring him to tear them down. The court dismissed as ‘unsustainable’

The Court of Appeal has rejected arguments that a full environmental impact assessment (EIA) was required prior to consideration of whether planning permission should be granted for a housing development that objectors say will intrude

Tewkesbury Borough Council has failed in a High Court challenge to plans that will see 1,000 new homes added to a Gloucestershire village. The court ruled that there was nothing wrong with the government’s decision

The High Court has upheld the government’s controversial policy to pin housing benefit increases to the level of general inflation. In dismissing a judicial review challenge brought by a poverty relief charity, the court rejected

The Law Commission has published its consultation document designed to bring the law on rights to light up to date. The major proposed changes are: An abolition of the provisions of the Prescription Act 1832

A boat dweller has triumphed in an epic fight to moor his vessels on a stretch of the Grand Union Canal after the Court of Appeal emphasised that ‘it’s a free country’ and that everyone

A couple who defaulted on their £500,000 mortgage have failed to convince the High Court that the loan is unenforceable by reason of the lender’s failure to comply with the safeguards contained within the Consumer