The top 10 underused rules for property litigators

At the Property Litigation Association’s recent annual conference, Jonathan Seitler QC opened up his bag of tricks and shared with a delighted audience his favourite little-used - but hugely useful – provisions, rules and authorities that can be relied on to good effect at trial.

 

Counting down to his number one, these are Seitler’s top ten tips for litigators:

 10. JF Perrott & Co Ltd v Cohen [1950] 156 EG 422

9. Beoco Ltd v Alfa Laval Co Ltd [1995] QB 137

 8. CPR Rules 32 and 33

 7. Ford and another v White & Co [1964] 190 EG 595

 6. Hughes v Metropolitan Rly Co (1877) 2 App Cas 439

 5. The Unfair Terms In Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999

 4. Meacher v Trelford and others (unreported, 1988) and Coral Reef Ltd v Silverbond Enterprises Ltd and another [2016] EWHC 874 (Ch)

 3. Snook v London & West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 1 All ER 518

 2. Gestmin SGPS S.A. v Credit Suisse (UK) Limited and another [2013] EWHC 3560 (Comm)

 1. Wisniewski v Central Manchester Health Authority [1998] EWCA Civ 596