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31 October 2025 / Fern Schofield , Gwyneth Everson
Issue: 8137 / Categories: Features , Property , Landlord&tenant , Nuisance
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Property law brief: quarterly review (October 2025)

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Fern Schofield & Gwyneth Everson round up the headlines in property law, plus tackle procedural pointers & nuisance neighbours
  • Waller-Edwards v One Savings Bank Plc establishes that lenders are on inquiry of undue influence in any non-commercial transaction involving suretyship, aligning hybrid and pure suretyship cases.
  • Cases such as AmTrust Specialty v Endurance refine the approach to extended disclosure under PD 57AD, while Ap Wireless II v On Tower redefines the boundary between leases and licences.
  • Recent High Court and Upper Tribunal cases (Cooper v Ludgate House and Hassan v Heath) cover rights to light, restrictive covenants, and public benefit, showing courts’ pragmatic approach to property disputes and proportional relief.

This quarterly review considers several significant property law decisions from June to August 2025. The cases are grouped into three categories: high-level guidance from appellate courts, guidance, procedural developments, and disputes between neighbours.

High-level headlines

Waller-Edwards v One Savings Bank Plc [2025] UKSC 22

The Supreme Court

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

International arbitration team strengthened by double partner hire

Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

Firm celebrates trio holding senior regional law society and junior lawyers division roles

Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler

Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler

Partner joins commercial and business litigation team in London

NEWS
The government has pledged to ‘move fast’ to protect children from harm caused by artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, and could impose limits on social media as early as the summer
All eyes will be on the Court of Appeal (or its YouTube livestream) next week as it sits to consider the controversial Mazur judgment
An NHS Foundation Trust breached a consultant’s contract by delegating an investigation into his knowledge of nurse Lucy Letby’s case
Draft guidance for schools on how to support gender-questioning pupils provides ‘more clarity’, but headteachers may still need legal advice, an education lawyer has said
Litigation funder Innsworth Capital, which funded behemoth opt-out action Merricks v Mastercard, can bring a judicial review, the High Court ruled last week
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