Property & Planning
Guy’s property practice includes rights of way, easements, covenants, contracts for the sale of land, adverse possession, nuisance, proprietary estoppel & trusts for sale, Breach of Covenant, 1954 Act, underletting, service charges.
Property & Planning Cases
(of specific relevance to Property)
Garside v Black Horse Ltd [2010] EWHC 190 (QBD)
Coutts & Co v Chowdery – [2009] All ER (D) 144 (Dec) Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Adam Opel v Mitras Automotive [2008] EWHC 3205 (QBD)
Weetwood Services v Ansvar Holdings[2007] EWCA Civ 736 [2007] All ER (D) 12 (Jul) Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Garside & Barlow v Lake District Leisure (2007) (TCC, Manchester)
Workman v Pannone & Partners (a firm) – [2002] All ER (D) 245 (Nov) (QBD)
Grundy v Naqvi [2001] EWCA Civ 139 Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Re Agriplant Services Ltd (In Liquidation) [1997] B.C.C. 842 (Chancery Division)
Cadogan v McCarthy & Stone (1996) [1996] E.G. 94 (C.S.); [1996] N.P.C.
77; [2000] L. & T.R. 249 Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Simmons v Dobson (1991) 1 WLR 720; (1991) 4 All ER 25 Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Taylors Industrial Flooring v M & S Plant Hire (1990) BCLC 216 Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Other typical instructions include:
A surveyor’s negligence dispute concerning the valuation of a public house;
A dispute over compensation for disturbance to a business caused by the shadow of a CPO with a delayed GVD;
A solicitor’s negligence case concerning a loss of chance to acquire more than a way of necessity to otherwise landlocked land;
A solicitor’s negligence case involving a purchase with bridging finance which was completed without there being sufficient funds to discharge a prior charge;
A nuisance/trespass dispute involving neighbouring commercial tenants with large vehicles and conflicting needs for access/egress over the common right of way to their premises;
Various caravan park disputes both for park owners and caravan owners;
A dispute in relation to remediation issues arising from the sale of formerly industrial land;
A dispute between a developer and a large supermarket chain over responsibility for various road building costs arising out of a joint venture;
A Farm partnership dispute with a variety of land law issues; Various disputes arising out of Development Agreements;
Various Landlord and Tenant dilapidations and other breach of covenant disputes;
Various domestic boundary, restrictive covenant and right of way disputes.