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Housing law

Mohammed Abid Zaman v Leeds City Council

The Upper Tribunal held that flats in a building that is an HMO under s.254(4) can still be separate Part 3 houses, so selective licensing penalties were upheld.

  • House in multiple occupation
  • Selective licensing
  • Financial penalties
  • Housing act 2004
  • Housing-act-2004
  • Selective-licensing
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Statutory interpretation

Cadent Gas Limited v CityFibre Limited

A claim under section 82(1)(b) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 arises under a provision expressed as conferring a right to compensation. Therefore, by section 96(3)(2), such claims are excluded from the mandatory arbitration regime and must be litigated in court.

  • Statutory construction
  • Jurisdiction of arbitrator
  • Mandatory arbitration
  • Compensation under statute
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Landlord and tenant [2026] EWCA Civ 515

Muca v El Amrani

Muca v El Amrani [2026] EWCA Civ 515 (30 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal held that section 21A barred section 21 notices where landlords had not given tenants pre-occupation gas safety certificates, despite later certificates.

  • Section 21 notices
  • Gas safety certificates
  • Retrospective application
  • Prescribed requirements
  • Assured shorthold tenancies
  • Housing-law
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Legal profession regulation

Julia Mazur & Ors v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP & Ors

The Court of Appeal held that unauthorised staff may perform litigation tasks for an authorised individual, if the authorised person retains responsibility and proper supervision is in place.

  • Conduct of litigation
  • Delegation to unauthorised persons
  • Reserved legal activities
  • Supervision in legal practice
  • Legal services act 2007
  • Regulatory objectives
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Planning law [2026] EWCA Civ 368

Titchfield Festival Theatre Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor (Rev1)

Titchfield Festival Theatre Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor (Rev1) [2026] EWCA Civ 368 (26 March 2026)

The Court of Appeal held that section 57(4) TCPA 1990 does not require spatial unity and must be applied on the statutory counter-factual that the enforced breach had not occurred.

  • Enforcement notices
  • Lawful use rights
  • Planning units
  • Section 57(4) town and country planning act 1990
  • Material change of use
  • Planning-law
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Property law

Icon Tower Infrastructure Limited v On Tower UK Limited

The Upper Tribunal dismissed Icon Tower’s appeal on whether its plan to replace an existing mast showed a genuine intention to redevelop under the Electronic Communications Code.

  • Electronic communications code
  • Redevelopment intention
  • Code rights
  • Findings of fact
  • Landlord & tenant act 1954
  • Franses conditionality
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Commercial law

B & D Clays & Chemicals Limited v Castle Water Limited

The Court of Appeal held that, under the Water (Meters) Regulations 1988, meter readings are evidence of water supplied unless the meter is shown by statutory testing to register incorrectly.

  • Water meter evidence
  • Burden of proof
  • Expert evidence
  • Statutory construction
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Utilities-regulation
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Statutory interpretation [2026] EWCA Civ 46

Cadent Gas Ltd v CityFibre Ltd

Cadent Gas Ltd v CityFibre Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 46 (05 February 2026)

The Court of Appeal held that a section 82(1)(b) claim under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 is excluded from mandatory arbitration by section 96(3)(2).

  • Statutory construction of new roads and street works act 1991
  • Arbitrability of compensation claims under section 82(1)(b)
  • Scope of mandatory arbitration under section 96(3)
  • Distinction between compensation and recovery of expenses
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Arbitration
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