Andrew Walker QC considers the decision of the Court of Appeal in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure v Compton Beauchamp Estates (2019), which has met with a sustained challenge by some code operators. That may in part have been aimed at securing wider rights than were intended, but at least in some circumstances it seems to lead […]
7th Sep 2020
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Joanne Wicks QC considers how the principle of frustration applies in the worldwide pandemic. Click here to read the article.
25th Aug 2020
Covid-19
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Harriet Holmes provides a comprehensive practical summary of the things litigators should be aware of in time of Covid. Click here to read the article.
25th Aug 2020
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Simon Allison provides a useful update on common themes that arise in fire safety disputes with reference to current case law. Click here to read the article.
25th Aug 2020
Speakers Corner
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Following publication of new RICS Covid-19 valuation assistance to surveyors, Andrew Walker QC considers the current difficulties for commercial property valuations, and landlords’ prospects of maintaining rental values for commercial properties in badly hit sectors of the economy. Click here to read the article.
8th Jul 2020
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Cecily Crampin and Julia Petrenko consider the implications of Marshall (acting by Mehmet Arkin as fixed charge receiver) v Marshall & Another[2020] EWCA Civ 620 in which the Court of Appeal dismissed the challenges made to Practice Direction PD 51Z and confirmed that the stay applies even to directions agreed by the parties, though the […]
2nd Jul 2020
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Camilla Chorfi summarises the recent decision in Re: A Company (Injunction to Restrain Presentation of Petition) [2020] EWHC 1406 (Ch) in which the Court granted an urgent ex parte application to restrain the presentation of a winding up petition by a landlord of a high street retailer. Click here to read the article.
2nd Jul 2020
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Martin Dray discusses Rees v 82 Portland Place Investments LLP [2020] EWHC 1177 (Ch), which shows that there is no guarantee that an innocent party who loses out by reason of a Land Registry mistake will prevail in securing rectification of the register in its favour. Everything may boil down to whether it is positively […]
2nd Jul 2020
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Imogen Dodds provides an update on Bromford Housing Association Limited v Nightingale [2020] EWHC 532 (QB) in which the High Court considered the circumstances in which it will be appropriate to lift the stay imposed by PD51Z in order to hand down judgment. Click here to read the article.
2nd Jul 2020
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Tricia Hemans considers the Law Society’s recent guidance in relation to virtual execution of documents and the use of e-signatures. Click here to read the article.
2nd Jul 2020
Covid-19
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