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Second staircase timescale for implementation

The Government confirmed in July that new guidance would be introduced requiring second staircases in

Landlords of residential properties have become familiar with the requirement to provide their tenants with an Energy Performance Certificate of band E or better before letting or continuing to

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 became law at the end of October.  A substantial piece of legislation with a not terribly eye-catching title aimed at 'levelling up' and

Leasehold reform has been on the political agenda for several years and there was therefore considerable speculation as to what the King's Speech in November would bring, particularly in the areas of enfranchisement

Ada Ventures, a UK venture capital firm, has recently released a first of its kind report, in partnership with Diversity VC and Google Cloud, examining where £6.6 billion of limited partner capital has been invested

Following a number of high profile will disputes in recent months, Partner, Nicola Bushby was asked to comment in

Earlier today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt took to his feet to unveil his 110 measures that will impact millions of people across the UK in his Autumn Statement.

In his opening, he referenced

Property Litigation Partner, Colin Young

This week marks 'Family Business Week' - a week-long celebration championing the central role

The Work Rights Centre recently published an insightful report on the exploitation of migrant workers. The report identifies that 89% of referrals under the UK’s National Referral Mechanism (‘NRM’) – the

This week marks 'Family Business Week' - a week-long celebration championing the central role family-owned businesses

The Jersey Court of Appeal recently considered the scope of the court's supervisory jurisdiction over trusts. 

The decision concerns Article 51 of the Jersey Trust Law 1984 (as amended), but may be of

Landowners who sell off part of their land to housebuilders are often concerned about the sold off land being overdeveloped.  

The basis of the landowner’s concern is usually as follows: (1) will the

The enterprise investment scheme ("EIS") is a collection of parallel income tax and capital gains tax ("CGT") reliefs that can apply to investments in companies that carry on a qualifying trade.  The scheme is

Investors' relief ("IR") can save an individual investor up to £1 million by reducing the rate of capital gains tax ("CGT") payable by on sales of their qualifying shares from 20% to 10%. 

IR combines

Business assets disposal relief ("BADR") was formerly known as entrepreneurs' relief ("ER").  It is a capital gains tax ("CGT") relief which can apply where an individual makes a "material disposal" of "business