Property cases

Aldi and Iceland have adjoining stores on the outskirts of Cambridge, being Units 1 and 2 respectively. They share the accessway and car park. Aldi originally took a Lease of all the land in 1996 and it then sub-let Unit 2 to Iceland a few months later and retained Unit 1 for its own use.

This case concerns a claim for dilapidations in relation to premises known as Capella House, Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes which was let for a term of 15 years expiring on 16 June 2011.

Scott v Aimiuwu (18/2/2015) is the first known Court Decision on a rights of light claim since the Judgment of the Supreme Court in Coventry v Lawrence (2014) – in which the basis upon which injunctive relief should be granted, and damages awarded, was reviewed and revised.

Most developers will be eager to hear (probably more than the election results!) that the first Court Case on Rights of Light has determined following both Coventry v Lawrence and the Law Commission which presented themselves last year. However, it is unfortunately not too significant.

The Message: Parking fines are valid if commercially justifiable and fair.

County Councils are under a duty to make clear if land could be part of the public highway.

In 2008 Gordon Ramsay’s Company, Gordon Ramsay Holdings International Limited, took a lease of the York & Albany Pub and Restaurant in Parkway in Camden Town for a term of 25 years at an initial rent of £640,000 per annum. The obligations of the Company were personally guaranteed by Gordon Ramsay himself pursuant to a written Guarantee, or were they?

22 of the leading property cases of 2014

Failure to comply with statutory tenancy deposit requirements will prevent repossession of residential premises.

Buy in haste and you have to pay the price.