Legal Article
03 Apr 2020
The current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has brought with it an air of uncertainty surrounding job security and the ability to make rental payments in this period. The introduction of the Coronavirus Act 2020 ("the Act") on 25 March 2020, has put some minds at ease and provided protections…
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Legal Article
03 Apr 2020
Last week, the Business Secretary announced temporary changes to insolvency law in order to protect businesses from the effects of the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The impending legislation will introduce a new moratorium for businesses and will suspend wrongful trading laws for the duration…
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Legal Article
25 Mar 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has produced a lot of government action targeted at keeping infections down and that has in turn affected a lot of organisations, their contracts with each other and their plans for future procurement. For buyers subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) or the…
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Legal Article
19 Mar 2020
The present circumstances On 18 March 2020, the Lord Chancellor affirmed that "the rule of law is vital to a functioning democracy and even at times like these, it is essential that our independent courts are able to administer justice." Whilst many public places have either been…
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Legal Article
19 Mar 2020
The Prime Minister has announced that the Government will introduce emergency legislation to protect residential tenants from eviction amid growing fears about ability to pay rent as a direct consequence of the economic effect of coronavirus and absence from work. In response to these concerns, the…
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Legal Article
19 Mar 2020
Bad cashflow remains the key risks to businesses. The Insolvency Service has recently reported that in 2019, underlying company insolvencies have escalated to their highest annual level since 2013. This increase has been driven by an increase in Administrations and Creditors' Voluntary…
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Forbes News
18 Mar 2020
At Forbes Solicitors, we are keen to reassure clients that we have robust business continuity measures in place to protect and maintain service levels so we can continue to support our clients. The health and welfare of our colleagues and clients is paramount. We will continue to monitor the most…
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Legal Article
12 Mar 2020
So what happens if you serve or receive a possession notice that has an error in it. Does it deem the notice invalid? Or is the recipient expected to reasonably interpret the intended meaning, if it is relatively clear? This recent Court of Appeal case has re-enforced former case law and confirmed…
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Legal Article
11 Mar 2020
Coronavirus and Contracts Many of our manufacturing clients have suppliers in China or Italy and with the enforced lockdown in those areas due to Covid - 19 there is likely to be an impact more locally regardless of the effects of the virus here. Once the medical emergency is over there is likely…
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Legal Article
04 Mar 2020
Fearn and others v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2020] EWCA Civ 104. " Overwhelming weight of judicial authority…is that mere overlooking is not capable of giving rise to a cause of action in private nuisance " so say the Court of Appeal. What are the facts of the…
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