Legal Article
28 Sep 2020
Litigation can be uncertain, expensive and time consuming. However, the Courts have a wide range of case management powers, the exercise of which may heavily depend on the actions taken by parties involved in the litigation. Care should be taken when embarking on Court action and it is important to…
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Legal Article
22 Sep 2020
The High Court has last week handed down judgment in the case of The Financial Conduct Authority and Others [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm). This was a test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority against several insurance companies to clarify the scope and meaning of Business Interruption (BI)…
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Legal Article
09 Jul 2020
Subject to Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2019-21 ("CIGB") being passed unamended The CIGB introduces a moratorium which will provide a breathing space for eligible companies to allow them to enter into negotiations with creditors and will restrict filings for insolvency…
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Legal Article
03 Jul 2020
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a landlord may serve a section 21 Notice for Possession even when they had failed to provide a Gas Safety Certificate to the tenant at the outset of the tenancy. What is a section 21 Notice? A Notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 is a Notice for…
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Legal Article
03 Jul 2020
There is undeniably a risk that COVID-19 will have a detrimental impact on the Construction Sector. It has recently been forecasted that the Construction industry will see over 10% of businesses failing in the next year. This will leave a trail of insolvent construction sector debt totalling £1.…
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Legal Article
02 Jul 2020
On 26 March 2020, the Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls published the 117th Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules, which implemented Practice Direction 51Z. PD 51Z provided for the stay of possession proceedings due to COVID-19. Last month, the Court of Appeal confirmed the…
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Legal Article
01 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented action to be taken by governments across the world to ensure the health and safety of its citizens. Whilst the general nature of the steps taken is similar, each nation has taken a more or less extreme approach to its neighbour. In a global market with…
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Legal Article
30 Jun 2020
The Administration of Intu who own both the Trafford Centre in Manchester and the Lakeside Centre in Essex, has come as a shock to many, not least of which are the retail tenants of the shopping centres who are already facing challenging and uncertain futures in their own right as a result of the Covid-…
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Legal Article
30 Jun 2020
Private landlords have certain obligations at the outset of a new tenancy to ensure that the property they are letting out meets certain safety requirements. Electrical safety checks have not formed part of these obligations until more recently, when the government announced the introduction of the…
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Legal Article
25 Jun 2020
Landlords are increasingly feeling the pinch at the moment when it comes to property. Due to the current pandemic tenants are seeking deferments in rent or are simply opting not to pay at all. Whilst many are in the position where they genuinely cannot pay the rent some are simply using the…
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