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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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12 Oct 2017 Joint accounts – Whose money is it?

Joint bank accounts may be a flexible and practical solution for the management of money on a day to day basis.

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19 Jan 2021 Leasehold reform & the future of ownership

There are plenty of aspects of the Government's proposed leasehold reforms which require further detail, and which will demand closer attention. 

However,

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18 Jan 2021 New Year, New Beginnings: Why January is peak divorce month

Our experts look at why enquiries for divorce peak in January and whether it will still be the case this year during lockdown?

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15 Jan 2021 Building Delays will Hurt Buyers and Developers Alike with Help to Buy

Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on people in so many ways but it is also causing problems that might not be immediately apparent. The Help to Buy Scheme is one such area. Covid-19 is the cause of some major

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15 Jan 2021 Do investors penalise female founders for lack of industry fit?

Research published recently in Science Advances suggests that investors penalise female founders for lack of "industry fit".

Academics (lead by Dana Kanze from my alma mater London Business School) conducted a

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13 Jan 2021 ‘Aggressive’ tactics used to ditch senior execs who are working at home

In Personnel Today, Employment Partner, Simon Gorham highlights how some employers, in sectors that have been badly affected by the pandemic, have resorted to aggressive tactics with the aim of cutting senior executives without proper compensation.

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11 Jan 2021 Domestic abuse and the impact of another lockdown

Boris Johnson's broadcast announcing a national lockdown last week will have been depressing news for most. It will have placed those who are victims of domestic abuse in an extremely vulnerable position. It was,

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08 Jan 2021 Is Proptech about to come of age?

After almost a year of home working landlords, developers and managing agents alike are rightly concerned about the future for office space and whether the sector will ever fully recover to pre-covid levels of

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07 Jan 2021 Leasehold reforms

The government's announcement on reforms to leasehold - removing ground rents and allowing lease extensions of 990 years, reforming the calculation of premiums payable and seeking to promote commonhold - will be

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06 Jan 2021 Will every industrial estate have a vertiport in the near future?

In the run up to Christmas, four organisations (Royal Mail, DronePrep, Skyports and what3words) came together to enable the Royal Mail to become the first nationwide UK parcel carrier to deliver a parcel to a

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04 Jan 2021 New divorce laws for international couples come into force

The UK government confirmed the new rules surrounding divorces in England and Wales involving other European countries, which came into force after 31 December 2020.

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05 Jan 2021 Lockdown 3.0 – children with separated parents

We find ourselves in lockdown once again, just one day after the start of the school term. Whilst this time there is an end in sight thanks to the vaccination, Boris Johnson's announcement yesterday was clear that

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04 Jan 2021 Becoming a B Corp – the legal implications

B Corporations (“B Corps”) are businesses that “meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose”.

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04 Jan 2021 What do you need to take into consideration if you follow BrewDog’s example & offer up your premises to assist with the Covid-19 vaccinations?

It has been incredible to watch how the community has pulled together during the COVID-19 pandemic; for me this has been the silver lining of the last year. BrewDog is the latest organisation to offer resources to

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28 Jun 2017 Residential property: Your questions answered

However straightforward the transaction seems at first, it is surprising what pitfalls lurk to trip up the unwary.

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02 May 2017 Game over for the turnover lease?

David Rawlence explains how landlords and tenants can arrange leases to make the best of both clicks and bricks.

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03 Jan 2017 SDLT Tips and Traps

The introduction by the Government of the Higher Rates of SDLT has come as a blow to those looking to purchase further residential property in the UK.

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30 Nov 2017 Transgender equality in wills and inheritance

Mark Lindley, partner at the Firm, discusses how using gender-neutral pronouns in wills and the introduction of Gender Recognition Certificates improve clarity regarding inheritance issues

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03 Jul 2017 What a racket – Noise nuisance and the law

All-night parties do not generally encourage amicable and cordial neighbourly relations. A selfish and inconsiderate neighbour can be stressful and upsetting, and often as a result, long-suffering residents do not know which way to turn.

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11 Oct 2017 Rights to light

New rights to convert property from light industrial use (Class B1(c)) to residential (Class C) were introduced in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 – “the Order”.