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Nicola Gooch

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...

30/09/24
Alice Court

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...

27/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

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...

27/09/24
Garon Anthony

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...

26/09/24
George Cohen

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...

26/09/24
Joanne Moseley

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...

24/09/24
Jane Anderson

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...

24/09/24
Joanne Moseley

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...

24/09/24
Bryan Bletso

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. ...

24/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

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
Nicola Gooch

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...

22/09/24
Andrew Evans

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...

18/09/24
Victoria Crozier

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”)...

16/09/24
Nanayaa Agyeman

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,...

13/09/24
Garon Anthony

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...

12/09/24
Alex Delin

Grenfell: The Next Steps

The Grenfell inquiry found Arconic concealed the extent of the risk its Reynobond 55 PE cladding panels presented, Celotex misrepresented...

12/09/24
Nicola Gooch

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...

12/09/24
Steven Mowlam

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...

09/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

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
Nicola Gooch

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...

06/09/24
Jeremy Ladyman

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,...

04/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

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...

02/09/24