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The Privy Council held that an attorney may commit professional misconduct by ignoring red flags suggesting a forged power of attorney, even without a duty of care to the complainant.
The Privy Council held that a deed of conveyance should be rectified to include a strip of land, because the prior contract already covered it.
THIRD PARTY and TAXPAYER v Revenue & Customs (Information Notice - application by HMRC for information notices relating UK properties) [2023] UKFTT 71 (TC) (19 January 2023)
The tribunal approved HMRC’s third-party information notice to a firm of solicitors, finding the request proportionate, justified, and not wholly barred by privilege.
THIRD PARTY and TAXPAYER v Revenue & Customs (Information Notice - application by HMRC for information notices relating UK properties) [2023] UKFTT 71 (TC) (19 January 2023)
The Tribunal approved HMRC’s third-party information notice for conveyancing records, holding the request was justified, proportionate, and not wholly privileged.
The Privy Council dismissed CDC’s appeal, holding that the disputed land formed part of the Grand Ance estate conveyed in 1914 and that the foreshore presumption was not established.
The Privy Council held that a 1960 conveyance fixed a driveway by its plan and measurements, so a later sale left the buyers with defective title.
DAC Beachcroft LLP v Revenue & Customs (INCOME TAX/CORPORATION TAX : Other) [2018] UKFTT 502 (TC) (06 September 2018)
The tribunal held that many conveyancing-file documents were covered by legal advice privilege, but ordered disclosure of specified non-privileged documents with redactions.
DAC Beachcroft LLP v Revenue & Customs (INCOME TAX/CORPORATION TAX : Other) [2018] UKFTT 502 (TC) (06 September 2018)
The tribunal held that legal advice privilege applied to most conveyancing-file communications, but ordered disclosure of specific non-privileged documents and redacted client-care letters.
Privy Council held the negligence claim was time-barred because damage occurred when the flawed conveyance was executed in 1986, not when the title defect was discovered in 2008.
The Privy Council held that boundary descriptions in a 1909 deed included the disputed land, so the respondents had paper title and the bank's appeal failed.
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