Commercial Client

• Private Rental Landlords Facing Double Whammy

  • Posted2 October 2018

  Tax changes that affect residential landlords have sparked a massive sell-off, with 133,000 rental properties likely to be sold in the next year according to a survey by the Residential...

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• £500,000 or £1 Billion? It’s Just a Matter of Timing

  • Posted27 September 2018

  The recent £500,000 fine for Facebook regarding the transfer of data to Cambridge Analytica was widely criticised as being inadequate (Facebook makes roughly £3.5 million per hour) but it should...

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• Court Refuses to Act as Referee to Determine Appropriate Repair Scheme

  • Posted24 September 2018

  Anyone who has bought a new build property will be familiar with a ‘snag list’ of items that should be rectified. Normally these don’t present too many issues, but when...

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• Force Majeure Attempt to Avoid Agreement Fails

  • Posted21 September 2018

  Oil exploration is a risky business and industry contracts commonly make provision for unforeseen events that interrupt production – known to lawyers as ‘force majeure’. Force majeure clauses are common...

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• Risk Assessments for Breastfeeding Mothers

  • Posted18 September 2018

  EU Directive 92/85/EEC is aimed at protecting the health and safety of women in the workplace who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are still breastfeeding. Under UK law...

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• Tax Mitigation Scheme Failure Proves Disastrous

  • Posted12 September 2018

  Collecting debts is often a long and arduous process, but the use of bankruptcy proceedings can be an effective means of bringing matters to a head. That was certainly so...

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