Posts from September 2024
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Where the rubber meets the road: Conference, consultations and planning statistics.
Last week was certainly a busy one. We had the Labour Party Conference, the launch of a working paper on ‘Brownfield Passports’, the...
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Cryptocurrency – recognised as property under English law
In the recent judgment handed down earlier this month in Fabrizio D’Aloia v Persons Unknown Category A & Ors [2024] EWHC 2342 (CH), the...
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Environment news update - 27 September
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
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FCA enforcement; new light through old windows?
On 24 September 2024, Therese Chambers, Joint Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority...
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The Renters’ Rights Bill – More rights but more risk?
The Renters’ Rights Bill makes good on Labour’s promise to ban ‘no-fault’ evictions and strengthen tenants’ rights. However, unlike the...
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Why did the Supreme Court prevent Tesco from firing and rehiring staff who refused to accept new terms?
If you can’t persuade a worker to accept new terms and conditions, you have the option of dismissing them and offering to re-engage them...
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Personal Management Licence Update – Changes to take effect on 29 November 2024
In response to Summer 2023 consultations, the Gambling Commission (“the Commission”) will be implementing changes to Licence Condition...
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Is a belief in English nationalism protected under the Equality Act 2010?
Not on these facts, according to the EAT in Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and another. Facts Mr Thomas was...
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Charting a new course with FDI
The government’s International Investment Summit, which is now less than three weeks away, could be a pivotal moment for our economy. ...
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Environmental news update - 23 September
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
23/09/24/Passle/55fad6bcb00e7e097cd579a6/SearchServiceImages/2024-09-22-09-57-29-291-66efea093649838a2c70b3dd.jpg)
Brownfield Passports: building on old foundations?
On Sunday, MHCLG launched a policy paper seeking views on the introduction of “Brownfield Passports”. “Brownfield Passports” are a set of...
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National Security and Investments Act: An unexpected trap for businesses
The National Security and Investments Act (NSIA), which came into force on 4th January 2022, introduced a stringent and wide-reaching UK...
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Court of Appeal Upholds Landmark Ruling on Business Interruption Insurance: Policyholders Gain Clarity on ‘At the Premises’ Disease Clauses
More than four years on from the UK’s first national lockdown in March 2020, policyholders of business interruption insurance (“BII”)...
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M&A warning for Sponsor Licence holders in the care sector
Contrary to popular belief, a sponsor licence is not transferrable! If a sponsor licence holder is involved in a merger or acquisition,...
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FCA Bans and Fines Pension Advisers £590,544 for Risky Pension Transfer Advice
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has just announced that it has collectively fined, and banned, four employees of St Martin’s...
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Grenfell: The Next Steps
The Grenfell inquiry found Arconic concealed the extent of the risk its Reynobond 55 PE cladding panels presented, Celotex misrepresented...
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AI at Appeal, The London Legacy Development Corporation, a raft of secondary legislation and some case law....
Well, I knew it would be a busy start to the Autumn, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite this eventful. From PINs guidance on the use...
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Variations to budgeted costs and the importance of acting promptly
Since the CPR update in October 2020 (the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2020 (SI 2020/747)) where we saw the introduction of the...
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Environment news update - 6 September
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
06/09/24/Passle/55fad6bcb00e7e097cd579a6/SearchServiceImages/2024-09-05-19-57-01-193-66da0d0d2e625dbc7ff7f954.jpg)
Back to School: Planning is facing a busy Autumn. In fact, it has already started.
Welcome to September! The holiday season is officially over, the kids are back in school,* and planning professionals all around the...
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Interest Rate Hedging – a summary introduction for borrowers and current market trends
The era of zero interest rate policies is over. We had grown accustomed to living in a low-interest rate economy. Since the end of 2021,...
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Environment news update - 2 September
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
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