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Termhouse (Clarendon Court) Management Limited v Al-Balhaa [2021] EWCA Civ 1881

Tim Cowen represented the successful appellant in the Court of Appeal in Termhouse (Clarendon Court) Management Limited v Al-Balhaa [2021] EWCA Civ 1881. Th ...

Windhorst v Levy [2021] EWHC 1168 (QB); [2021] EWCA Civ 1802

Nora Wannagat recently acted as sole counsel for the successful Respondent in Windhorst v Levy [2021] EWHC 1168 (QB); [2021] EWCA Civ 1802. This was an appe ...

Re Grosvenor Property Developers Limited

Atkinson v Varma [2020] EWHC (Ch) 1868 Varma v Atkinson [2020] EWCA Civ 1602, [2021] 2 W.L.R. 536 Atkinson v Varma [2021] EWHC (Ch) 592 Following j ...

Re Grosvenor Property Developers Ltd (In Liquidation) [2020] EWHC 1114 (Ch)

A sprawling and complex cross-border fraud litigation being pursued by the Joint Liquidators of Grosvenor Property Developers Ltd has reached a significant ...

LM Homes Limited v. Queen Court Freehold Company Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 371

Edward Denehan represented the three appellants in the important Court of Appeal decision in LM Homes Limited v. Queen Court Freehold Company Limited [2020] ...

Andrew Mackenzie, Julian Pitts (as Joint Administrators of Burningnight Limited and Cornertrack Limited (in administration)) v Crowdstacker Corporate Services Limited [2020] EWHC 2663 (Ch)

Andrew Mackenzie, Julian Pitts (as Joint Administrators of Burningnight Limited and Cornertrack Limited (in administration)) v Crowdstacker Corporate Servic ...

Koon v (1) Bowes, (2) Rosler & (3) Parker

Koon v (1) Bowes, (2) Rosler & (3) Parker [2019] EWHC 3455 (Ch) - https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2019/3455.pdf

(1)HCQ SRL (2) General Trading Do.oo (3) FJB 651 Inc v (1) Terre Primitive Ltd (2) MD Capital Holdings Ltd (2019) [2019] EWHC 2556 (Ch)

Development Securities Plc & Others v HMRC [2019] UKUT 0169 (TCC)

Julian Hickey led by Sam Grodzinski QC (instructed by Levy & Levy) represented the Appellants on appeal from the First-tier Tax Tribunal concerning whet ...

LM Homes Limited and others v Queen Court Freehold Company Limited [2018] UKUT 367 (LC)

Edward Denehan appears for the appellants in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in the case of LM Homes Limited and others v Queen Court Freehold Company Li ...

Thorpe v. Frank and another [2019] EWCA Civ 150

Edward Denehan appeared for the respondents in the very recent Court of Appeal case of Thorpe v. Frank and another [2019] EWCA Civ 150 in which the Court of ...

Green Deal Marketing Southern Ltd (“GDM”) v. Economy Energy Trading Ltd (“EE” ) [2019] EWHC 507 (ChD.)

Rory Brown led by Jeff Chapman QC (instructed by Brandsmiths) represented the Claimant at trial in the utilities dispute: Green Deal Marketing Southern Ltd ...

St John’s Ambulance v Teignbridge DC CR/2018/0003

In this appeal to the FTT the Appellant sought to overturn the authority’s refusal to pay compensation. Christopher Cant acted for the authority. It was hel ...

Peires v Bickerton’s Aerodromes Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 273

Edward Denehan represented the Respondent in Peires v Bickerton's Aerodromes Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 273, in which the Court of Appeal considered for the first ...

Ames v Jones [2016] EW Misc B67 (CC)

This was a claim brought by an adult daughter under the Inheritance (Provision for Family Dependants) Act 1975 for financial provision out of her father’s e ...

Anstey v Mundle [2016] EWHC 1073 (Ch)

Faith Julian appeared for the defendants in a family dispute as to whether the deceased should be buried in the UK or Jamaica (Anstey v Mundle [2016] EWHC 1 ...

Actial Farmaceutica LDA v De Simone [2016] EWCA Civ 1311.

Rory Brown led by John Wardell QC advised and represented the appellant pharmaceutical company in its appeal to the Court of Appeal against the decision of ...

R (Somerford Parish Council) v Cheshire East Borough Council [2016] EWHC 619 (Admin)

Vivian Chapman QC successfully acted for Somerford Parish Council in the case of R (Somerford Parish Council) v Cheshire East Borough Council [2016] EWHC 61 ...

Lawrence and another v. Fen Tigers Limited and others (No 2) [2015] A.C. 106

Edward Denehan, leading Giselle McGowan in chambers, appeared in the Supreme Court for landlords of commercial premises who were sued by neighbouring land o ...

Trustees of the Coventry School Foundation v. Whitehouse and others [2012] 3 E.G.L.R. 151 (HC)

In this case, Edward successfully appealed a decision made by a judge under section 84(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 on the operation of a restrictive ...

Dolgellau Golf Club v Hett (1998) 76 P&CR 526

Dolgellau Golf Club v Hett [1998] 2 EGLR 75 (Court of Appeal) –when considering the landlord’s opposition to grant of new tenancy on ground that required fo ...

Amsprop Trading Limited v Harris Distribution [1997] 1 WLR 1025 .

Amsprop Trading Limited v Harris Distribution [1997] 2 EGLR 78 - head landlord not entitled to enforce repairing covenants directly against a sub-tenant eve ...

Lau -v- Redpalm (Groucho Club – rent review)

University of East London Higher Education Corp v Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council and others (No 2) [2004] EWHC 2908 (Ch)

University of East London Higher Education Corpn v Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council and others [2004] EWHC 2710 (Ch) – application for declaratio ...

University of East London Higher Education Corpn v Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council and others [2004] EWHC 2710 (Ch)

University of East London Higher Education Corp v Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council and others (No 2) [2004] EWHC 2908 (Ch) – confirming costs of ...

R (oao Hourhope Limited) v Shropshire CC [2015] EWHC 518 (Admin)

R (oao Hourhope Limited) v Shropshire CC [2015] EWHC 518 (Admin) – judicial review in the Planning Court which upheld the decision by the Shropshire County ...

King v Chiltern DC (CR/2015/0025)

King v Chiltern DC (CR/2015/0025) – appeal to First-tier Tribunal concerning listing of public house as asset of community value which was held to qualify a ...

ZB Investments v Croydon LBC (CR/2016/0009)

ZB Investments v Croydon LBC (CR/2016/0009) appeal concerning the listing of the Ship, South Norwood which had been unlawfully converted to flats but was he ...

Registered proprietors of Uptin House v Newcastle CC CR 2017 0006

Registered proprietors of Uptin House v Newcastle CC CR 2017 0006 – appeal to FTT concerning ACV listing of Uptin House which is a Victorian building in ...

Adams v Ashfield DC CR/2017/0010

Adams v Ashfield DC CR/2017/0010 appeal concerning listing of Portland Arms as an Asset of Community Value which occupied the ground floor of a building wit ...

Relfo v Varsani [2014] EWCA Civ 360

In Relfo v Varsani [2014] EWCA Civ 360 Peter Shaw and Joseph Curl of 9 Stone Buildings, appeared for the successful party in this case which will now become ...

Majorstake Limited v. Curtis [2008] 1 A.C. 787

This is the first case concerning the operation of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 to reach the House of Lords. In it, Edward s ...

Bacchiocchi v. Academic Agency Limited [1998] 2 All E.R. 241.

A seminal decision of the Court of Appeal on what constitutes “occupation” for the purposes of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. A tenant closed ...