1 July 2020
The recent Supreme Court case of Dill v Secretary of State provides an important decision as to whether a Planning Inspector of a listed building enforcement case can decide whether an item which has been expressly included on the statutory list is in fact a 'building' and the criteria for determining whether an item listed in its own right does constitute a building for these purposes.
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29 June 2020
The logistics sector could be forgiven for becoming complacent due to the seemingly never-ending demand for prime warehouse space (by way of an example and as reported in the property press, Amazon has already acquired more warehouse space in the UK in 2020 than it did in the entirety of 2019, and is on course to take more than the 5 million sq ft of space it did in 2018).
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25 June 2020
Head of Contentious Trusts and Estates, Roberta Harvey, and Private Client Partner, Fiona Smith write for ePrivateClient on DIY wills.
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24 June 2020
With businesses and companies trying to return to normal economic life and activity, I consider in this piece some matters that companies may be overlooking when making distributions and in their intra-group transactions.
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24 June 2020
The government has announced that all planning permissions due to lapse through lack of implementation, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures, will be automatically extended.
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22 June 2020
On 19 June 2020, the Government published the Code of Practice for commercial property relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic (" the Code"). The Code was drafted by a Working Party comprising landlord and tenant representative bodies.
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22 June 2020
The pandemic has brought about numerous challenges for employers, which will continue as lock-down measures start to ease. As businesses re-open and staff start to return from furlough leave, employers will need to ensure that they have appropriate health and safety procedures in place having regard to the ever changing government guidance.
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19 June 2020
As we move into a period where restrictions are eased and businesses and workplaces are reopening, and furloughing will start coming down, many business owners and their employees will be navigating the challenges of returning to work and the business decisions and costs that go alongside that. We have set out, below, a summary of the government-backed loan schemes available to businesses to support industry as we collectively work towards a "new normal".
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18 June 2020
As the deal market starts to pick up and buyers, sellers, investors and advisors engage in discussions for new deals, what might be different now in negotiating your M&A deal?
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18 June 2020
The government has announced a number of changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the “Scheme”). The extension to the Scheme has been welcomed by employers, but the practicalities of operating it are becoming increasingly complex.
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