Tenure: Flying high

Julian Bass and Sarah Quy provide some practical solutions to flying freeholds ‘Affected owners often take out an insurance policy to compensate the owner for any reduction in the value of the property as a result of any inability to repair the neighbouring property.’ A flying freehold is a quirk of English land law. Here …
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Cases Referenced

  • Abbahall Ltd v Smee [2002] EWCA Civ 1831
  • Holbeck Hall Hotel Ltd & anor v Scarborough Borough Council [2000] EWCA Civ 51
  • Williams v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd [2017] PLSCS 94