*NEWSFLASH*: Pretoria Energy Company v Blankney Estates
In this Newsflash episode of Unpacking the Case, Richard discusses a High Court judgement from the 14th of June 2022, Pretoria Energy...
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Jul 26, 2022
Leanne Macdonald joins as Associate Director
Experienced commercial real estate solicitor, Leanne Macdonald, joins DJB. Leanne specialises in commercial real estate work including...
Jul 8, 2022
Industry says levelling-up bill fails on climate and planning
"This massively watered-down bill is a major retreat from proper planning reform and offers instead an assorted grab bag with changes...
Jun 20, 2022
Alice Dearden joins as Associate Director
Alice has experience in management, development and acquisitions work. Prior to joining DJB she worked at Hogan Lovells, where she...
Jun 17, 2022
*NEWSFLASH*: Clipper Logistics v Scottish Equitable
In this Newsflash episode of Unpacking the Case, Richard considers Clipper Logistics v Scottish Equitable a County Court Judgment from...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Hill v Tupper [1863]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard discusses the characteristics, and the requirements to qualify as an easement with regards to...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Stokes v Cambridge Corporation [1961]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard delves into the land tribunal decision and implications of Stokes v Cambridge Corporation...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Street v Mountford [1985]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard digs into the foundations of lease/licence distinction with Street v Mountford, a UKHL case from...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Re Ellenborough Park [1955]
In this episode of our Building Blocks series, Richard unpacks Re Ellenborough Park. The owners of the parkland concerned sold parts of...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Rhone v Stephens [1994]
In this Building Blocks episode, following on from Tulk v Moxhay - which is also available as an episode as part of our Building Blocks...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Midland Bank Trust Co Ltd v Green [1981]
This is a 1981 HL case which reverses the previous COA decision with regards to land charges and unregistered land. Richard explains how...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard conveys the issues surrounding break clauses - namely, what happens if the break day doesn't...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: McAdams Homes Ltd v Robinson & Anor [2004]
In this episode, Richard clarifies a difficult area of law surrounding the intensification of use of easements in terms of the 2004 CA...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Betty's Cafes Ltd v Phillips Furnishing Stores Ltd [1959]
Richard presents the dispute in Betty’s Cafes Ltd v Phillips Furnishing Stores Ltd (No.1) [1959]. The landlord opposed a new lease...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Bakewell Managements Ltd v Brandwood [2004]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard goes into vehicle access as per s.193(4) of the Law of Property Act 1925 with Bakewell...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Federated Homes Ltd v Mill Lodge Properties Ltd [1980]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard presents the concept of passing the benefit of restrictive covenants as exemplified in Federated...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Wheeldon v Burrows [1879]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard is interviewed about Wheeldon v Burrows, an 1879 case which set the standard for implying...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Aldred's Case [1610]
Decided by the same justice as in Spencer's Case, another seminal land law case which can be found in our Building Blocks series, Richard...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Spencer's Case [1583]
Richard brings us back in this Building Blocks episode to 1583, to discuss Spencer's Case. Mr & Mrs Spencer granted a 21-year lease to...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Walsh v Lonsdale [1882]
In this episode of Building Blocks, Richard outlines the significance of Walsh v Lonsdale, an 1882 case which relates to the role of...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: R (on the application of Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council [2010]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard discusses how town and village greens became a very prevalent way of stopping developments with...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: O'May v City of London Real Property Co Ltd [1981]
In this Building Blocks episode of Unpacking the Case, Richard explores O’May v City of London Real Property Co Ltd, a House of Lords...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Roberts v Lawton [2016]
In this Building Blocks episode, Richard presents the case of Roberts v Lawton (2016) which caused a monumental shift in rentcharges,...
Jun 16, 2022
Building Blocks: Tulk v Moxhay [1848]
In our first episode of our new Building Blocks series, which discusses the fundamental and seminal cases in Real Estate law, Richard...
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