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Mortgages

16 October 2008
Issue: 7341 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Property
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Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark (Secretary of State for Justice intervening) [2008] EWHC 2327 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 58 (Oct)

The exercise of a statutory power of sale under s 101 of the Law of Property Act 1925 after a relevant default by the mortgagor is not a deprivation of possessions within the meaning of Art 1 of the First Protocol to the European Court of Human Rights (see this issue p 1,458).

Issue: 7341 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Property
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Freeths—Jane Dickers

Freeths—Jane Dickers

Scottish offering strengthened with dispute resolution partner hire in Glasgow

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