Property Claims: Personal injury claims against landlords

Ropewalk Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2013 #118
In the first of a two-part article Jonathan Mitchell and Georgina Cursham examine the issues that arise with accidents on demised premises ‘It has always been the case that where a landlord undertakes express duties in a lease, he will be liable to his tenant for foreseeable losses caused by breach of those express duties.’ …

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Case Round Up

Hogan Lovells | Property Law Journal | April 2012 #289
Paul Tonkin provides an overview of recent case law Break notice invalid where interest on late rent outstanding Avocet Industrial Estates LLP v Merol Ltd [2011] Merol was Avocet’s tenant of commercial premises under a lease that included a break option. The break option provided that the break notice would be of no effect if …

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Construction Focus: Something old, something new…

Boyes Turner | Property Law Journal | May 2011 #270
John Starr reviews two recent cases providing some clarity to the wording of s1 of the Defective Premises Act ‘The Defective Premises Act imposes a duty not only on the builder, but also on anyone taking on work in connection with a dwelling to ensure that it will be fit for habitation.’If a builder builds …

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