Hopper v Hopper

Partnership Act 1890 – Partnership at will – Effect of death of a partner – Limitation Act 1980 – Laches

Minerals lease – Suspension of rent – Reference to expert – Definition of terms of reference – Effect of expert’s misinterpretation of terms

Rectification of lease – Evidence of common intention – Commerciality

Compulsory purchase – Land Compensation Act 1961, s.15 – Assumption as to replacement of war-damaged property – Whether mandatory or directory

Law of Property Act 1925, s.84 – Application for discharge of restrictive covenant – Relationship of landowner’s position as landowner and as planning authority

Animals Act 1971, s.2(2) – ibid., s.5(2) – Liability for damage when thrown by bucking horse – Voluntary assumption of risk

Property ownership – Disposition by Will – Beneficial interests – Doctrine of election

Contracts of agency – Difference between selling agency and purchasing agency – Whether commission is payable if agent is not effective cause of transaction

Limitation Act 1980, s.29 – Mortgage arrears – Payment by Benefits Agency – Whether and to what extent paid as agent for debtor

Boundary dispute – Property “more particularly delineated on plan” and plan “for identification only” – Admissibility of extrinsic evidence