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Area of Law: Michael Walsh KC
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 in which it unanimously dismissed URS’s appeal on all four grounds. Michael Walsh KC acted for the Secretary of State who intervened on Ground 2. This is the first time the Supreme Court has considered claims arising under the Building Safety Act 2022.
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The High Court (Richards J) has handed down its second judgment in Prescott Place Freeholders Limited v Batin & Donovan [2023] EWHC 1445 (Ch), in which Michael Walsh acted for the successful Claimants. This judgment deals with the consequential matters arising from the findings of fact at trial (see [2023] EHWC 435) (the “Trial Judgment”).
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Mr Justice Richards' judgment in Prescott Place Freeholders Limited & Others v Batin & Donovan [2023] EHWC 435 is essential reading for those interested in tenants’ rights of first refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. Michael Walsh acted for the successful Claimants.
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In Healey v Fraine & Others [2023] EWCA Civ 549, the Court of Appeal has decided that Parliament did not intend to change the law of adverse possession in the Land Registration Act 2002 so that occupiers of land could be in possession with the consent of the owner and also be in adverse possession at the same time for the purposes of paragraph 5 of schedule 6 of the Act. The Court decided that the meaning of adverse possession had not changed.
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