Case Round Up

Paul Tonkin summarises some recent case law Developer’s procrastination results in valid termination of contracts to purchase Bhat v Masshouse Developments Ltd [2012] Mr Bhat and others exchanged contracts between November 2007 and February 2008 for the purchase of long leases in a residential block that Masshouse was developing. The purchasers paid deposits on exchange. …
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Enfranchisement: More on houses

When is a house reasonably so called? A recent judgment throws some further light on the issue, as Natasha Rees finds out Enfranchisement practitioners are waiting with bated breath for the outcome of two appeals in the Supreme Court known collectively as ‘Hosebay’. Both appeals concern the definition of a ‘house’ under the Leasehold Reform …
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