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• Applications for Fresh Commercial Tenancies – Court of Appeal Guidance

  • Posted14 December 2023

  How does one decide whether a commercial tenant ‘ought not’ to be granted a new tenancy under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954? The Court of Appeal...

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• Defiant Mother Sentenced for Refusing Father Contact with Their Child

  • Posted13 December 2023

  Fathers who are denied access to their children are frequently heard to complain that judges do not do enough to support them. In coming down hard on a defiant mother...

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• Director of Counterfeit COVID-19 Face Masks Supplier Cleared of Fraud

  • Posted11 December 2023

  The corporate veil affords no protection to directors who have behaved fraudulently. However, as was made plain by a case concerning the frenzied market in the supply of face masks...

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• Treating Every Employee in the Same Way May Itself Be Discriminatory

  • Posted8 December 2023

  Anti-discrimination laws are often viewed as requiring employers to treat all their staff in the same way. However, as an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling made plain, the positive duty to...

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• Property – Not Every One-Sided Bargain is a Product of Undue Influence

  • Posted6 December 2023

  Where a transaction appears to be very one-sided or manifestly more advantageous to one side or the other, judicial eyebrows are likely to be raised. However, as a High Court...

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• Quarry Owner Hit Hard in the Pocket for Causing Noise and Dust Nuisance

  • Posted6 December 2023

  Some industrial processes simply cannot be carried on without producing noise and dust. As a High Court ruling showed, however, commercial property owners may be required to pay a high...

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