Pennistone Holdings Ltd v Rock Ferry Waterfront Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1029 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/1029.html Summary Court of Appeal declines to interfere with trial Judge’s finding that agent not in ‘actual occupation’ of land on behalf of his principal. While such a claim could in principle succeed, on the facts Pennistone had not shown it was in ‘actual occupation.’ Facts The case concerned a former oil site in Birkenhead, which since 2002 had been owned by offshore companies ultimately owned and controlled…
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