COVID19 Employment Law Update #2
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FURLOUGH AND THE CORONAVIRUS JOB RETENTION SCHEME All UK employers, including law firms, should...
COVID19 Employment Law Update #1
Working and Parenting From Home - some common employment law questions answered
Service of Prescribed Information Relating to Tenancy Deposits
Can the Landlord be too early? 1. I recently represented the landlord in a protracted tenancy dispute in the County Court. After three...
Post Execution Alteration of Contractual Documents
A revival of the rule in Pigot’s Case? 1. In Grove Park Properties Ltd v The Royal Bank of Scotland [2018] EWHC 3521 (Comm), the Claimant...
Rectification of Wills
I will speak briefly about: The court’s power to rectify a will set out in section 20 Administration of Justice Act 1982 The approach of...
Employment Tribunal Fees: The Supreme Court slaps the government down hard!
Every once in a while, a case comes along in which the judiciary goes beyond just giving its opinion, it decides to also make a point....
Equitable compensation arising out of sale of a property ordered under s.14 Trusts of Land and Appoi
This post briefly discusses three questions: 1. What is the legal basis for claiming equitable compensation for breach of fiduciary...
Inheritance Tax: Residence Nil-Rate Band Planning
Introduction ‘FAs 2015 and 2016 have introduced a residence nil-rate band which enormously complicates the drafting of wills…’ ‘Drafting...
Key Considerations on the Application & Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants
1.RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS - THE LEGAL STARTING POINT Restrictive covenants are a form of Restraint of Trade, and the default position of...
The test of promptness under the CPR.
“Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.” (Cervantes). In the recent case of TBO Investments...
