Blog Category: Insights
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News & Insights
Overage Provisions – Something to get your claws into?
Cathryn Pernstich, a Senior Associate in our Commercial Property Team, looks at points to consider when putting overage into place. Overa...
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Estate Agents’ Commission: Supreme Court considers Courts’ discreti...
In February 2019 the Supreme Court held that a verbal agreement reached between an estate agent and a property developer, which provided ...
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Effects on assigning a lease for a business
The majority of landlords grant leases for one main reason – to obtain a steady income stream in the way of rent. A good tenant wil...
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Brexit – Commercial Contracts
As Brexit fatigue sets in across the nation, one of the many issues to be considered is how the final outcome, whatever it is, will impac...
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Increase to Additional Inheritance Tax Relief
April 2017 saw some good news for those who own substantial assets, as the government introduced an additional inheritance tax relief, kn...
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Buying Property: How to be Prepared
It is said that buying a property can be one of the most stressful experiences you can go through. During the purchase, you can be bombar...
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Fixed recoverable costs – here we go….
Yesterday, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed that it intends to implement Sir Rupert Jackson’s Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) in...
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Employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for “purely personal rea...
In Hare Wine Ltd v Kaur and anor the Court of Appeal held that an employee dismissed on the day of a TUPE transfer on the pretext of diff...
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Time to cut lease: should today’s leases be subject to necessary mo...
A lease is a commonly used way to enable a party to occupy a property. It is a valuable asset for both a landlord and a tenant. For that ...
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Directors’ dividends can be unlawful – Global Corporate Ltd v...
Brexit uncertainty is causing increasing difficulty for SMEs and OMBs who are facing uncertain trading conditions. It is worth rememberi...
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Settlement Agreements and Non Disclosure Agreements
With International Women’s Day, we thought it timely to touch upon the ongoing issue of non-disclosure agreements (NDA’s) otherwise calle...
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Warning of alarming bias in recruitment of ethnic minority job cand...
Ethnic minority job applicants face shocking levels of discrimination in the job market according to a recent survey, leading to calls fo...
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Hiring Senior Executives – Top Tips
In this article we look at some factors to be considered when recruiting a senior executive and in our next issue we will look at those r...
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What will be the impact of BREXIT on employment law?
Currently the UK is scheduled to leave the EU at 11pm GMT on Friday 29 March 2019. The extent to which Brexit impacts UK employment law w...
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The Government’s Good Work Plan – how significant is it?
In December 2018, the Government published its Good Work Plan which it claims is ‘the biggest package of workplace reforms for over 20 ye...
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Power of Attorney Deeds & Simple Contracts
A recent case before the High Court highlighted the importance of correctly executing a document especially when a power of attorney is i...