A recent First-instance Tribunal (FTT) case serves as a litmus test in how tribunals balance the “strict” wording of a contract against the “commercial reality” of property development.Facts:The case

The High Court ruled that a landowner is not liable for injuries sustained when a visitor chooses to engage in an evidently dangerous activity that exceeds the permitted use of the property,

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has delivered a landmark ruling, one which establishes that a landlord’s contractual obligation to a third party does not act as an automatic shield against the statutory

The High Court ruled that beneficial owners who enable a third party to misrepresent themselves as the sole owner to secure a mortgage are precluded from asserting an overriding interest against the

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has delivered a landmark ruling, clarifying that the general service charge provisions in social housing leases cannot be used to shift the enormous financial burden of

The First-instance Tribunal (FiT) ruled on a specific Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) dispute, finding that the inclusion of a non-residential interest within a primarily residential property purchase

The High Court, in an insolvency case, was asked whether the administrators had an immediate and unencumbered right to possession of the properties.Facts:The administrators of Pocket Renting Ltd. (the

The Court of Appeal (CoA) clarified that a defaulting mortgagor cannot easily use Section 91 of the Law of Property Act (LPA) 1925 to wrest control of a property sale from court-appointed receivers,

The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) was asked whether an interference with a right of way, such as padlocked chains, breaks the continuous flow of the prescriptive period under the Prescription Act