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Property Disputes weekly highlights—19 April 2018

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Published on: 19 April 2018

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Table of contents

Assignment, underletting and use
‘Common sense’ takes on contracts (Warborough Investments Limited v Lunar Office Sarl)
Enfranchisement and right to manage
Landlord’s refusal of consent for planning application increasing enfranchisement chances was unreasonable (Rotrust v Hautford)
Residential tenancies
No general rule as to whether subsoil demised (Gorst v Knight)
Disputes and remedies
Ralph Kline Ltd v Metropolitan and County Holdings Ltd
Practice Direction amendments come in to force on 7 May 2018
Supreme Court defines scope of Wrotham Park (negotiating) damages (Morris-Garner v One Step)

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property Disputes highlights includes: Court of Appeal decisions on ‘common sense’ interpretation of contracts, and whether increasing a tenant’s right to enfranchise is a basis for a landlord to refuse consent to lodge a planning application, a Chancery Division decision on whether premises included airspace and the Civil Procedure Rules 97th Update Practice Direction Making document.

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