Building Blocks | Davitt Jones Bould

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...