News & Insights

The new Electronic Communications Code (“New ECC”), which is set out in Schedule 1 to the Digital Economy Act 2017 (“2017 Act”) and provides telecommunications operators with statutory rights in relation to their apparatus, came into force on 28 December 2017.

On the expiry of a lease, a landlord may be able to claim damages from its tenant for losses arising from the tenant’s breach of its repairing covenants in the lease.

As the area of law surrounding Norwich Pharmacal Orders (NPOs) has grown in recent years, applications for an NPO in situations where the respondent resides outside the jurisdiction has come under increasing scrutiny.

This article considers the scenarios where a variation of a lease amounts to a ”surrender and regrant”, and outlines how the unwanted consequences of this can be avoided.

Under section 51(1) and (3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, the Court has jurisdiction to award the costs of litigation to a non-party.

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

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.

The recent case of The Creative Foundation -v- Dreamland Leisure Limited & Ors [2015] EWHC 2556 (Ch) is one of the first cases dealing with ownership of street art and more particularly Banksy.

When an artist dies, his or her work forms a tangible and emotional legacy. How should this be managed, by whom and for whose benefit?  This article looks at particular estate planning issues for artists.