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- 13 December 2016 : Falkirk Council v Donald Gillies, 9 December 2016 -status of occupancy agreement
Inner House case concerning an occupancy agreement between Falkirk Council and Mr Gillies. Mr Gillies failed to pay rent and the Council gave notice bringing the occupancy to an end. The [More...]
- 5 December 2016 : Promontoria (Chestnut) Limited v the firm of Ballantyne Property Services, Gillian Ballantyne Smith and Thomas Allan Smith, 1 November 2016 – whether bank had promised not to enforce a security at the end of the term of the facility
This is a Sheriff court case considering the enforcement of standard securities (in security for loans of over £1.8m) held over 6 properties in Edinburgh. Background The facilities lasted for 5 years [More...]
- 10 November 2016 : 3D Garages Limited v Prolatis Company Limited, 30 September 2016 – validity of securities enforceable by party other than the creditor
Background This is a Sheriff Court case considering the enforceability of a number of standard securities granted by 3D Garages in favour of Prolatis over a variety of different properties. The standard [More...]
- 26 October 2016 : Phoebe Russel-Smith, Stephanie Dion-Jones and Alexis Herskowit v Ijeoma Uchegbu, 30 September 2016 – level of sanction payable by landlord for failing to comply with tenancy deposit regulations
Sheriff court case in which 3 students from the University of Edinburgh, who held a short assured tenancy over a flat on Drummond Street in Edinburgh, sought sanction from their [More...]
- 18 October 2016 : Tonsley (Strathclyde) Limited and Tonsley (Strathclyde No. 2) Limited as Trustees Of The Tonsley 2 Trust v Scottish Enterprise, 4 October 2016 – repairing obligations in lease, payment clause or common law damages
Outer House case concerning a lease of premises in Strathclyde Business Park in Bellshill. The lease came to an end in September 2013 and the landlord argued that, in terms of [More...]
- 14 October 2016 : Private client locum and consultancy service
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- 3 October 2016 : Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Limited v Regent Quay Development Company Limited, 16 August 2016 – Validity of notice exercising break option in lease
This is an Inner House case concerning the validity of a break option served by a tenant to a landlord in respect of premises in the Glover Pavilion at Aberdeen [More...]
- 3 October 2016 : Highland Ventures Limited (Applicants) against The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland (Respondent) and Marketing Management Services Limited (Interested Party)- rectification of inaccuracies in the Land Register
Case from the Lands Tribunal for Scotland considering an application for rectification of a number of inaccuracies in the Land Register. Highland Ventures was the former owner of a hotel in [More...]
- 13 September 2016 : Outlook Finance Limited v. William Lindsay, Executor Nominate in the estates of Euan Mcintyre Lindsay – standard security descriptions and pre-action requirements
Sheriff court case relating to a standard security granted in favour of Outlook Finance over Harperfield Farm near Lanark. Background The standard security was granted by Euan Lindsay in October 2010 as [More...]
- 6 September 2016 : LKS Property and Conveyancing Casebook
LKS is now more than 5 years old and, to celebrate, the current version of the LKS Property and Conveyancing Casebook is now available freely available here.