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Property Disputes weekly highlights—19 October 2017

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Published on: 19 October 2017

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Table of contents

Telecommunications
Update: The Digital Economy Act 2017
Enforcing security and property insolvency
Unjust enrichment and vesting property (Evans v Carter)
Contractual issues
Overage provisions: watch out for the ‘what ifs?’ (Sparks v Biden)
Residential tenancies
Duration of landlord’s licence after a licensing conviction (London Borough of Waltham Forest v David Reid)
Disputes and remedies
Framework of Business and Property Courts sets ‘solid groundwork for success’

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property Disputes highlights includes a case in which a bankrupt sought to defend proceedings for an order for sale on the grounds of unjust enrichment and a case where the court implied a term into an option agreement to give business efficacy to the contract.

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