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Nationwide Building Society v Dunlop Haywards Ltd and Cobbetts (a firm) [2009] EWHC 254 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 189 (Feb)

Couzens v T McGee & Co Ltd (now McGee Group Ltd) [2009] EWCA Civ 95, [2009] All ER (D) 191 (Feb)

Austin v Southwark London Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 66, [2009] All ER (D) 145 (Feb)

Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes [2009] All ER (D) 180 (Feb

Re P [2009] EWHC 163 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 160 (Feb)

Slingsby v Griffith Smith Solicitors [2009] All ER (D) 150 (Feb)

Ugiagbe v The London Borough of Southwark [2009] EWCA Civ 31, [2009] All ER (D) 95 (Feb)

Watson v Croft Promo-Sport Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 15, [2009] All ER (D) 197 (Jan)

Tarn Insurance Services Ltd (in administration) v Kirby [2009] EWCA Civ 19, [2009] All ER (D) 211 (Jan)

Dyson Technology Ltd v Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co Ltd [2009] EWHC 55 (Pat), [2009] All ER (D) 164 (Jan)

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Property lawyers have given a cautious welcome to the government’s landmark Bill capping ground rents at £250, banning new leasehold properties and making it easier for leaseholders to switch to commonhold
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