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  • 23 April 2019
  • Commercial Real Estate

Vary service charge provisions in a lease

Section 35 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) (as amended by the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002), provides that a party to a long lease may apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) to vary the lease on the grounds that the lease fails to make “satisfactory” provision in respect of one of the circumstances specified in section 35(4), LTA 1987.

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  • 12 April 2019
  • Privacy and Data Protection

Is this AI step too far?

It has been revealed that hundreds of UK business are using AI to monitor staff activity. Is this an innovative way to analyse productivity or a stressful scrutinisation of individuals’ activity?
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  • 11 April 2019
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Court of Appeal guidance on Practical Completion

The Court of Appeal has provided useful guidance on the meaning of Practical Completion in Mears v Costplan (2019). We wrote about the first instance decision in this case in our previous article available here.
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  • 10 April 2019
  • Commercial Real Estate

Opening a new premises for your restaurant

Often the hardest part of opening a restaurant in the UK is finding the perfect premises and location for your venture but once you are in then you also need to make it a success. Here are our top 5 tips to help this process run smoothly.
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  • 09 April 2019
  • Commercial Real Estate

Landowner & Developer Agreements – Option, Promotion or Hybrid?

We are often asked by landowners what the best way is to fully realise the development value of their property where there is a possibility of planning permission being granted. What needs to be done to unlock the development potential and then obtain the maximum amount of the uplift in value on the subsequent sale of the property to developers?
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  • 09 April 2019
  • Employment

Setting up business in the UK – Key considerations regarding staff

When it comes to setting up business in the UK one of the key things you need to think about is who is going to operate that business for you. Your staff are crucial to the successful operation of your business and it’s important to ensure they are properly recruited and engaged and that you have the correct framework and procedures in place to manage your relationship going forward.

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  • 09 April 2019
  • Construction

Are liquidated damages recoverable in the event of termination?

In construction projects it is not uncommon for an employer to terminate the contract before the works are completed. In Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Co Ltd EWCA Civ 230, the Court of Appeal reviewed the law on liquidated damages provisions in relation to delay and considered whether liquidated damages are recoverable in the event of termination.

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  • 09 April 2019
  • Corporate and M&A

Importance of good corporate governance

Director’s duties are paramount to good corporate governance, as outlined by the go-to definition produced by the Cadbury Committee in 1992: "Corporate governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Boards of directors are responsible for the governance of their companies. The responsibilities of the board include setting the company's strategic aims, providing the leadership to put them into effect, supervising the management of the business and reporting to shareholders on their stewardship.”
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  • 29 March 2019
  • Immigration

Professional Sportsperson redefined

The new definition of a ‘professional sportsperson’ has caused chaos as it widens the definition of activities which fall within this prohibition.

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  • 14 March 2019
  • Construction

Adjudication decision cannot be used to resist prior adjudication

In M Davenport v Greer, one of the first cases to follow the court of Appeal’s decision in S&T v Grove (which we discussed here), the TCC held that an employer could not use a “true value” adjudication decision as a defence or set off to enforcement proceedings for an earlier decision in favour of the contractor.
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  • 12 March 2019
  • Commercial Real Estate

Company Voluntary Arrangements

A Company Voluntary Arrangement is a procedure that allows a company: to settle debts by paying only a proportion of the amount that it owes to creditors

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  • 07 March 2019
  • Employment

‘Why question the power of women to lead?’

Women taking leadership roles is often portrayed these days as a ground-breaking development, something achieved through relatively recent laws and strong social pressure about equality of opportunity.
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