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Catherine Bourne
11 August 2015
Chalets and service charges: the Supreme Court orders for certainty in contracts
Service charge provisions of £10 per annum at Welsh holiday chalets are facts not usually synonymous with civil claims for recoveries of £11m, but these formed the backdrop to the Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Arnold v Britton and others (10 June 2015).
11 August 2015
Court awards £70,000 to head teacher for injury to feelings following an internet attack on her reputation
In the recent case of (1) CALLIOPE TARDIOS (2) ST JOHN'S PREPARATORY & SENIOR SCHOOL LTD v PAMELA LINTON (AKA PATRICIA CARPENTER) (2015), the High Court of Justice assessed damages in a defamation claim brought by the first claimant head teacher and second claimant independent junior school against the defendant parent.
11 August 2015
Court confirms that libel is no longer actionable without proof of damage
In the recent case of BRUNO LACHAUX v INDEPENDENT PRINT LTD : BRUNO LACHAUX v EVENING STANDARD LTD : BRUNO LACHAUX v AOL (UK) LTD [2015] EWHC 2242 (QB), Justice Warby sitting in the High Court of Justice considered the meaning of the Defamation Act 2013 s.1(1), and confirmed that libel is no longer actionable without proof of damage. Where “serious harm” is found, the subsequent damage to reputation cannot be merely presumed but must be properly proven.
4 August 2015
Inheritance claims by adult children – update
“Judges say that your will can be ignored” ; “Woman cut out of mother's will as she eloped with boyfriend wins legal battle for share of estate”; “What is the point of a will if your wishes can be defied?”; “UK court overturns will of mother who had disinherited child”. These are just some of the headlines that have appeared in the pages of our national newspapers in the last few days following the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Ilott v Mitson & Ors (“Ilott”).
30 July 2015
The requirements of a residential service charge demand
In the recent case of Tedla v Cambret Court Residence Association Ltd [2012] UK UT 221 (LC), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) held that a service charge demanded from a residential tenant had not become due as the demand did not clearly identify the landlord and provide the name and address of the landlord as required under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987).
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