23 Apr 1991
The Letter of Offer was subject to formal contract, approval of the proposed tenancy by A.S. Watson and confirmation of mortgage finance as conditions precedent; those conditions were not satisfied and therefore no binding contract existed, so the plaintiff’s claims failed and the 1st defendant’s counterclaim succeeded.
20 Jan 1989
Priority between competing charging orders is determined by the order of registration of the charging order nisi; because the charging order nisi made on 19 May 1988 was registered on 26 May 1988 before the 5 May 1988 nisi was registered on 3 June 1988, the 1st Defendant's charging order (now assigned to the 3rd Defendant) takes priority; assignment transfers that priority to the assignee.
15 Dec 1980
Action No.2015/1980 did not disclose a claim to specific proprietary interests in the scheduled land registrable as lites pendentes; the plaintiff's pleaded case was for monetary remedies and interlocutory injunctions against disposition which do not amount to a registrable proprietary claim, and many registered owners were not parties — accordingly the lis pendens registrations were improperly made and must be vacated.