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Editorial Foreword Hallelujah! the new financial year has begun and what a crazy month it has been thus far. Nevertheless, we all look forward, eager eyed, to what wonderful surprises this year shall bring. Not that we are expecting a return to normality anytime soon; lest we forget – there is no such thing as
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The Right Way – Exercising the Right to Manage over your property Q&A
Parliament has just voted for the fifth time not to pass legislation allowing the costs of fire safety and cladding issues to be borne by the freeholders/landlords of unsafe developments. This has left a very bitter taste in the mouths of leaseholders who could be potentially facing repair bills of up to £15bn. It is
Read MoreTips & Traps to avoid for SMEs & Solopreneurs
Presenting the next instalment in our new series ‘Tips & Traps to avoid for SMES & Solopreneurs’ where each month we will be showcasing examples of businessmen and women who made easily-avoidable errors costing them their valuable time and money. Take our advice and don’t make the same mistakes they did! (Although Hillary Cooper Law loves the
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Is Life looking so Golden? The taxation of payments on termination of employment – A snapshot of the status quo and future trends
Introduction Payments on the termination of employment, also known as severance payments or more popularly in the commercial world referred to as: Golden Parachutes, Golden Handshakes or Golden Goodbyes can take various forms. In non-litigious cases; taken at the lowest level they can be in the form of statutory redundancy payments as defined under the
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Mediate instead of Litigate?
With the prospect of court closures remaining an ever-real possibility now that Bo-Jo and His team of Advisers have imposed the ‘Rule of 6’ for public gatherings – disputing parties in Commerce, Contract, and Landlord and Tenant matters – must now seriously consider alternatives to dispute resolution.
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Latest Eviction News for Local Landlords!
It has been three weeks since the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, put the ‘Cat amongst the pigeons’ for landlords by extending the moratorium on possession orders which in turn has led to the implementation of Practice Direction 55C (PD55C) in order to assist with the transition between the stay of possession claims and the resumption
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WANTED: The Reasonable Man
At some point he may have been introduced to you by your law firm: the reasonable man –the one from the Clapham omnibus. The reasonable man stands for an objectively measurable standard against which legal concepts have to be understood and tested. He appears to be someone like you and me, driven by common sense
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“On ya bike!” CJEU Tells UK Courts In Critical Copyright Case
In the past year or so there have been some interesting and significant developments in copyright law from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Brompton Bicycle Ltd v Chedech / Get2Get is the latest in this series of developments. Now I know what you’re thinking “but what about Brexit? EU copyright law
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Reaching the Age of Maturity – the New Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
Don’t think that we are currently going through times of re-building and re-setting only. Parliament has speedily enacted a new, though long-awaited law providing for clear splits and cuts: the new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. We have explored its wider context to answer some questions that may spring to our reader’s minds:
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The Case of 2020: FCA Brings Test Case for Business Interruption Policies
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected businesses of all shapes and sizes in almost every industry. As a result, there are a substantial number of claims being made to insurers under the terms of business interruption (BI) insurance policies.
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