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Introduction
In Khan v Khan ([2025] EWCA Civ 1436), the English Court of Appeal addressed a bitter family dispute over the beneficial ownership of a property portfolio in South London.
The case is significant for its clarification of the constructive trust of the type found in De Bruyne v De Bruyne ([2010] EWCA Civ 519). ...
Facts and issues in Centre Chase Investment v Castle Peak Building (IO)
In Centre Chase Investment Limited v Castle Peak Building (IO) ([2024] HKCA 1179), the Court of Appeal had to consider the following questions:
Can incorporated owners approve fixing items to a common part of a building (an external wall) or altering it...Many thanks to Roger So of Tamar Chambers for pointing out that that in a subsequent judgment ([2025] HKCA 816), the Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal on the following questions:
(1) Where A has assigned land to B by an instrument in writing which is registrable but unregistered, and A subsequently sells and assigns the same land to C who takes the ass...
Introduction
In Yim Tin Fook v Yu Chor Lai ([2025] HKCA 675), the Court of Appeal had to consider who owned property which had been assigned twice over by the same vendor where the first purchaser failed to register its assignment at the Land Registry.
Facts
T (‘the original owner’) assigned land (‘the d...
Introduction
In AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd v ON Tower (UK) Ltd, the English Court of Appeal had to consider whether an agreement giving a mast operator a right to occupy land created a valid lease.
The answer to this question would affect termination and renewal rights and the rent/fee payable on renewal of the agreement. The mast op...