The Supreme Court has recently made an important ruling clarifying the way in which contracts may be varied. In Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] UKSC 24, the Supreme Court considered whether a contract with a ‘No Oral Modification’ clause could be varied other than in accordance with that clause. The
A businessman has failed to overturn his father’s will, so he could inherit farming land and other substantial assets. The High Court heard that the father had built up a farming and haulage business during his working life and acquired several parcels of land. The son worked for the business and lived for free in
A director of a haulage business has been disqualified for seven years after he sold company assets for his own benefit, leaving creditors unpaid. Gilmour James McFarlane was a director of Garden Haulage Ltd. His company went into liquidation in 2015, owing £38,670 to creditors. While the company was insolvent, McFarlane sold off assets including
The leaseholder of a maisonette has been prevented from extending her home by digging down into the subsoil beneath her cellar. The High Court held that the general presumption of being allowed to develop a property upwards did not automatically apply to developments going the other way. The case involved a house which had been
A commercial landlord has won a dispute with the liquidators of the former BHS retailer over the payment of rent. The issue arose because BHS had entered into a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) to pay reduced rents to landlords of its stores and offices. The agreement contained a clause stating that if the CVA was
A landlord has won its appeal against a court ruling that a man who had made alterations to his flat and upset neighbours had not breached his tenancy agreement. The case involved a tenant who suffered with a paranoid personality disorder. He moved into the flat with his two dogs. He made various changes to
A 91-year-old man has won a longstanding legal battle to be allowed to buy the home he shared with his partner. The couple had lived together in the home for 20 years. After the partner died, the man discovered she had made a will leaving all her estate to her daughter and nothing to him.
A landlord has won its appeal against a court ruling that a man who had made alterations to his flat and upset neighbours had not breached his tenancy agreement. The case involved a tenant who suffered with a paranoid personality disorder. He moved into the flat with his two dogs. He made various changes to
A couple have won a dispute with their neighbour after Japanese knotweed invaded their garden, knocking £50,000 off the value of their property. Adam and Eleanor Smith had bought their Cornwall home for £200,000 in 2002 from Rosemary Line. Mrs Line’s kept some of the neighbouring land, which had Japanese knotweed growing on it. The
A man who looked after his mother in the years before her death has been removed as an executor of her will following legal action by his two brothers. The man was the woman’s younger son. He had lived with her and cared for her, along with two full-time carers, for several years. He continued