RED alert – Summer 2019

Welcome to Taylor Wessing's Summer 2019 update from the Real estate disputes group, summarising the latest legal developments.

Overage: No escape through unreasonable delay

Gaia Ventures Ltd v Abbeygate Helical (Leisure Plaza) Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 823

Court of Appeal overturns fishy decision – fencing covenants cannot be easements

Churston Golf Club Limited v Haddock [2019] EWCA Civ 544

Paradise Lost: Draft "Registration of Overseas Entities Bill" hits Parliament

The Joint Committee of the House of Commons and House of Lords which has very important ramifications for overseas investors in UK property.

Updates on the interpretation of the new Electronic Telecommunications Code

Three recent decisions illustrate how the Tribunal is generating precedents on the new code.

Forfeiture: Relief despite deliberate breach of keep open covenant

SHB Realisations Limited v Cribbs Mall Nominee (1) Ltd [2003] WLUK 588