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Our team of experts shine a spotlight on new legal developments, share their views on the impact of current affairs, and offer insights on issues that could impact you and your business.

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21 Apr 2017 PRS – Challenges for growth and funding

The private rented sector (PRS) is currently one of the most talked about residential markets in the UK.

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14 Sep 2017 The right type of mistake – setting aside voluntary dispositions

Clients hope that, by taking appropriate professional advice, they are likely to avoid making a serious error that leaves them worse off than they would have been if they had tried to achieve the same result in a different way, or if they had done nothing at all.

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15 Aug 2017 Required Reading: Nuisance and how to deal with it

All night parties do not generally encourage amicable and cordial neighbourly relations.

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10 Apr 2017 Owning Art in the UK: A Guide for Non-Doms

Fundamental changes to the taxation of resident non-domiciliaries (RNDs) took effect from April 2017.

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01 Mar 2017 Responsibility of the contractor for damage to fixtures and fittings when renovating a house

On the basis that prevention is better than cure, there are a number of practical steps which should always be taken before commencing a renovation project in order to minimise the risk of damage to fittings and fittings.

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28 Jan 2021 Consultation on Electronic Communications Code: Balance of Power To Be Further In Favour of Telecoms Operators?

Whilst only introduced in December 2017, the Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport is already consulting on the reform of the Electronic Communications Code.

The consultation identifies three key

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07 Aug 2017 What happens if you unwittingly buy a looted artefact?

Is it possible to buy a looted artefact unwittingly?

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01 Aug 2017 What a nuisance – are complaints from neighbours during inner city construction anything to worry about?

There is a distinction between the rules enforced by the council, covering such matters as working hours, and the rights of an individual property owner.

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04 Jul 2017 Landlords’ duties when carrying out works

The High Court has recently considered the interrelationship of a landlord’s right to develop and the covenant for quiet enjoyment given to its tenant in the case of Timothy Taylor Ltd v Mayfair House Corporation and another.

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01 Jan 2017 Auction house guarantees: friend or foe?

Auction house and third-party guarantees remain a hot topic in the art market. At the 2015 Autumn sales in New York, Bloomberg reported that $1 billion – approximately half – of the $2 billion total value of lots were already sold before the “paddles are even raised”.

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30 Jun 2017 Succession Planning for a Family Business

The transition of a closely-held or family owned business is an important event for such clients and must be planned for accordingly.

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01 Mar 2017 Giving to charity

In 2011, the government announced two new forms of tax relief to encourage philanthropy.

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04 Sep 2017 Will archaeological remains slow down a renovation and extension project?

We are looking to renovate and extend a hotel that is listed and sits on a historically important site, with suspected archaeology remains.

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12 Jan 2017 Sealed bids

With a lack of housing stock more properties are being sold by way of sealed bids. In most cases a buyer’s bid is to be given in a sealed envelope to the selling agent by a particular time setting out the prospective buyer’s best and final offer.

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06 Feb 2017 Death of a sole director

Where a sole shareholder dies who is also the sole director of a company, two key issues arise for the personal representatives…

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04 Apr 2017 Whether creditors can use the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 to recover the costs of collecting a debt years after payment

The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (the Act) operates to insert an implied term in business to business contracts for the supply of goods and services for interest on a qualifying debt, plus an additional fixed sum.

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09 May 2017 Business Property Relief – When two years is too long

Family business owners will generally be familiar with the requirement that to obtain Business Property Relief (“BPR”), the business property must have been owned for a minimum of two years.

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20 Jun 2017 Setting aside voluntary dispositions: where are we now?

In Pitt v Holt, Futter v Futter [2013] UKSC 26, the Supreme Court significantly curtailed the hitherto wide application of what had become known as the Rule in Hastings-Bass and also set out authoritively the circumstances in which the Court may grant relief (in terms of rescission) for mistake in relation to a non-contractual voluntary disposition.

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20 Jun 2017 Forever occupied with inheritance tax

Three recent cases bring Agricultural Property Relief from Inheritance Tax into the spotlight.

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11 Jan 2017 Incorporation by reference

A document that is referred to in a will may become part of the will and be admitted to probate together with the will.