Wilberforce features in two of Estates Gazette’s Top 10 Cases of 2024

EG (Estates Gazette) has released its annual podcast, discussing the most significant property law cases of the past year, and we are pleased to announce that Wilberforce members appear in case number 9 and case number 2 on the 2024 list.

Case #9:

Awarded the number 9 spot is The Tropical Zoo Ltd v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow [2024] EWHC 1240 (Ch), involving Martin Hutchings KC, Julian Greenhill KC, Daniel Petrides and Ernest Leung. The judgment will be of particular interest to practitioners for its discussion of the test to be applied in cases of waiver of the right to forfeit by delayed return of rent, the interaction between the law of agency and the law of waiver, the question of whether waiver can occur during the lifetime of a s.146 notice, and as an example of a case in which the court declined relief from forfeiture.

Case #2:

Taking the number 2 position is the Supreme Court decision in Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd (No. 2) [2024] UKSC 22, involving James McCreath. The judgment contains an important review of the law of nuisance and the case law dealing with the discharge of foul water into watercourses.

You can listen to the Top 10 Cases of 2024 podcast, where EG’s legal and professional editor Jess Harrold and court reporter James Lumley countdown from #10 to #1, on Spotify here. Alternatively, you can listen on podbean here.

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