Mind the Step 1 – Semi gloss – NearlyLegal

Posted August 8th, 2012 in duty of care, landlord & tenant, news, personal injuries, repairs by sally

“What constitutes a defect or a lack of repair for the landlord to be liable for tenant’s injury?”

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NearlyLegal, 7th August 2012

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk

Court ruling could force motor insurance premiums to rise by 25pc – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 18th, 2012 in accidents, insurance, news, repairs, road traffic by sally

“Customers could face yet more hikes in their car insurance after a court ruling that experts fear could lead to minor repairs costing 25pc more.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th June 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Car insurer’s repair costs “cannot be in the public interest”, judge says – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 21st, 2011 in insurance, news, public interest, repairs by michael

“A major motor insurer has been ‘boosting profits’ beyond the actual costs it incurs carrying out repairs, a County Court judge has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 20th September 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Grand v Gill – WLR Daily

Posted May 25th, 2011 in covenants, landlord & tenant, law reports, repairs by sally

Grand v Gill [2011] EWCA Civ 554; [2011] WLR (D) 172

“Plasterwork was part of the structure of a property, rather than being decoration.
The Court of Appeal so held in a reserved judgment in allowing an appeal brought by the tenant, Tanya Grand, against the decision of Judge Karsten QC who, on 7 May 2009 at the Central London County Court, when awarding the tenant damages against the landlord, Param Gill, for breach of leasehold covenant in relation to a lease of a flat at 9B Marlborough Parade, Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon, had not included any sum in respect of plaster damage.”

WLR Daily, 19th May 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Hertfordshire County Council v Veolia Water Central Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted February 23rd, 2010 in law reports, local government, repairs, roads by sally

Hertfordshire County Council v Veolia Water Central Ltd [2010] EWHC 278 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 46

“The effect of regs 3 and 4 of the Street Works (Maintenance) Regulations 1992, when read with s 81 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, was that an highway and street authority could not make a valid charge against a statutory undertaker for emergency works which the authority had carried out to secure apparatus for which the undertaker was responsible unless the undertaker had failed to afford the authority facilities to inspect the apparatus and unless the authority’s belief that the apparatus had not been maintained were informed by a subsidence or disturbance of the road surface.”

WLR Daily, 22nd February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Toni and Guy (South) Ltd and Another v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council – Times Law Reports

Posted March 27th, 2009 in law reports, planning, repairs by sally

Toni and Guy (South) Ltd and Another v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council

Queen’s Bench Division

“Where only part of a building was in such condition as to affect adversely the amenity of the area, the local planning authority had no power to serve a notice requiring the taking of remedial steps on those occupying other parts of the building.”

The Times, 27th March 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Firm sued for £6.6m road repair – BBC News

Posted January 22nd, 2009 in news, repairs, roads by sally

“An engineering firm is being sued over work done on the A5 in north Wales by the Welsh Assembly Government.”

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BBC News, 22nd January 2009

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Payout over film-maker’s damages – BBC News

Posted October 29th, 2008 in contracts, damages, film industry, news, repairs by sally

“A man has been awarded £79,000 after his home, which he rented out for a film starring Bond actor Daniel Craig, was damaged by a production company.”

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BBC News, 28th October 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk