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The Thornaby Angling Association, one of the largest and oldest angling associations in the region with some 650 members, holds fishing rights over stretches of the River Tees derived from a conveyance dated 6 May 1949…
The claimant, Marie-Claire Di Mambro, objected to a proposed change of use of an agricultural building at Shoots Lane, Sheldon, Devon to a guesthouse. The first interested party, Arthur Airey, had applied on 5 March 2025 to East…
The claimant, Code Students (Nottingham) Limited, applied on 5 December 2023 for permission to develop two blocks of purpose-built student accommodation at 51 Glasshouse Street and 1 Cairns Street in Nottingham city centre ("the…
General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited (GDUK) is a judgment creditor of the State of Libya in the sum of around £28 million. It obtained a final charging order together with an order for sale and possession over a property at 7…
Mrs Reshma Tachkani holds the long lease of flat 10 at Thornfield Green, Camberley, a development of 24 residential units divided between four blocks set in their own gardens and grounds. She holds two leases, described by the…
The appellant, House for Homes Limited, owned a property at 11A Winchester Road, London E17, which the London Borough of Waltham Forest maintained was required to be licensed. The company's director, Mr Marjan Keqaj, said that he…
The King Edward VII Hospital Estate at Midhurst, West Sussex, within the South Downs National Park, is a redevelopment of a former hospital and its grounds, permitted on the basis of "enabling development", whereby development…
TG Jones High Street Limited (HSL) and TG Jones Retail Holdings Limited (RHL), together the Plan Companies, formed part of the Modella Capital Limited group, which had acquired WH Smith PLC's high street retail business in 2025…
The applicants, Tom Delaney and Peter Delaney, sought permission under section 289 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to appeal an Inspector's decisions, communicated in a Decision Letter dated 15 December 2025, dismissing…
The appellant, Agincourt Investments Limited, is the landlord of 19 Eglinton Hill, London SE18, a building of five flats; the five respondents are the leaseholders, each liable for one-fifth of the service charges. Following a…
Hawridge Strategic Land Limited, a land promoter, sued Millen Homes Limited, a developer, over an option agreement affecting land at Bicknacre Road, East Hanningfield, Chelmsford. On 14 June 2019 the defendant entered an Option…
The claimant, Mr Peart, is a sheep farmer who holds grazing rights, known as "stints", over Burnhope Moor, an area of rough upland grassland in County Durham designated as a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection…
The Respondent, Rose Island Properties Limited, obtained an order for possession of a residential property against the Appellant, Paul Harforth, at trial in the Southend County Court on 21 January 2026, based on statutory…
Uniper UK Limited, the owner of the former coal-fired power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, brought proceedings to restrain trespass and nuisance on the site by two broad groups of trespassers: named defendants and other persons…
The claimant, Maidstone Borough Council, applied to commit the defendant, Fred King, for contempt of court arising from breaches of two injunctions concerning land known as Warren Lands at Sandway, Maidstone, whose lawful use is…
The claimant, Perseus Ventures Limited, is a British Virgin Islands company owned and directed by Martin Walsh, who conducted the litigation on its behalf having been granted rights of audience by Freedman J in July 2024. The…
Oxfordshire County Council is the highway authority for most highways in the county, in which the surface of the highway vests under section 263 of the Highways Act 1980. From August 2025 individuals, some identified and some…
The Royal Mint Court Residents' Association ("RMCRA") represents the families and businesses occupying the 100 leasehold properties at St Mary Graces Court, built in 1987 for key workers and lying within the same freehold title…
Greystoke CB Limited applied to Cherwell District Council for outline planning permission for up to 140,000 sqm of employment floorspace (use class B8), with ancillary offices, servicing and infrastructure, on agricultural land…
The claimants are William Donald Lindsay and the estate of the late Euan McIntyre Lindsay, members of a family of Scottish dairy farmers who owned a farm in Scotland and a farm in Cumbria. After the family ran into financial…