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Gerald Eve: Legal and Parliamentary Evebrief - August 2010
Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats made pre-election promises in their manifesto to automate the small business rate relief (SBRR) scheme.
DLA Piper's introduction to the Equality Act 2010
Law firm DLA Piper has published a guide setting out the key concepts of the Equality Act, which is due to come into force in October 2010.
Miss Sixty CVA case ‘should never have seen light of day’
Parent company guarantee battle bears “striking” resemblance to Powerhouse case, and ruling remains in favour of landlords
Public opinion: David Warman
Developers swept under in tidalwave of “big society” planning
RICS and Hamptons clash in High Court
Firm charges institution with defamation over disciplinary report
Good newts for biodiversity legisation
Debate still rages about the government’s plans for localism but, as development picks up – in London, at least – there is something else developers have to deal with: the toughening regulation to protect biodiversity on development sites
Where is the best place to go bust?
Laura Chesters compares US and European insolvency regimes
Chelsea Barracks saga concludes
The Chelsea Barracks dispute has been brought to an end after Christian Candy’s CPC Group and Qatari Diar reached a last-minute out-of-court settlement
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Supreme Court backs minimal damages for Al Fayed over "trespass"
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SJ Berwin on the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010
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How to cope with the new higher 50% rate of tax
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Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs: Final report
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Law firm Maxwell Winward offers legal advice on structuring real estate funds
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Lack of take up for the RICS code of practice on service charges is worrying, says Kingston University
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Maples Teesdale newsletter for autumn and winter 2009
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Pinsent Masons looks at proposed amendments to the Construction Act
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Uncertainty still remains over EU development agreements
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Maria De Heaver looks at the OFT's £130m fines for construction companies
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer looks at age discrimination laws - September 2009
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Reynolds Porter Chamberlain report from September 2009 on environmental law
Case news
Legal Case News: Area Estates v Weir (20.07.10)
Sellers must be in the right state of mind to cover defects
Victory for private property in Balfour inheritance case
Property used for business purposes is exempt from inheritance tax, after a precedent was set in a victory for Lord Balfour’s descendents against HM Revenue & Customs.
Legal case news: Warren Gordon
You can’t go applying tenancies at will
Legal case news: Warren Gordon
Failure to complete leaves seller in worse condition
Legal case news: Jonathan Ross
When a house is not a home
What’s in a name? Quite a lot if you’re serving a break notice
The message: Ensure that the right party gives a notice to terminate a lease
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Legal case news: Hotgroup v the Royal Bank of Scotland (28.05.10)
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RSM Tenon rates Colliers
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Cold calls lead to hot water
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Green wall tough to scale
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CEMARs no Achilles' heel
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One in 10 avoid new firms
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Legal Case News: Aldgate Construction v Unibar Plumbing & Heating, 14.05.10
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NFU Mutual Insurance Society v HSBC Insurance UK (19.04.10)
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CPC ‘paid £2m for 20% of Barracks company’
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Wheeler bounces back from Brixton ‘with scores to settle’
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North Eastern Properties v Coleman and Quinn (19.03.10)
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Linpac Mouldings v Aviva Life & Pensions UK (22.04.10)
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Bridgewater Canal Company v Geo Networks (19.03.10)
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Scotia Plastic Binding (in administration) v London Development Agency (12.04.10)
