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Property Disputes weekly highlights—7 February 2019

Published on: 07 February 2019

Table of contents

  • Disputes and remedies
  • Professional negligence—measure of damages (Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP)
  • Disclosure of confidential material (Omers Administration Corporation v Tesco Plc)
  • Building was not suitable for use as a dwelling (Bewley v HMRC)
  • Court considers whether oral statement created settlement of property (Hilton v Cosnier)
  • Enforcing security and property insolvency
  • Witness statement excluded for lack of probative value (Hellard v Graiseley Investments Ltd)
  • Application of disclosure pilot scheme to insolvency proceedings clarified
  • Repairing obligations and dilapidations
  • Defects—Zagora Management Ltd v Zurich Insurance plc and other companies
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Article summary

This week’s edition of Property Disputes highlights includes: court decisions on measuring damages, disclosure of confidential material, whether a building was suitable for use as a dwelling at completion for SDLT purposes and whether an oral statement creates settlement of property and a Trading Standards prosecution of a landlord who knew criminal activity was taking place on his premises.

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