Jacob Montague

Senior Solicitor

Jacob Montague

Senior Solicitor

Jacob is a senior solicitor working with organisations and individuals across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial law issues.

Jacob acts for domestic and international businesses across a range of sectors, with particular interest in the arts, media, and technology sectors. Jacob has extensive experience assisting clients with commercial agreements, transactions, and managing data protection obligations, including data transfers and data subject access requests.

Jacob Montague

Senior Solicitor

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26 April 2018
Commercial Real Estate

The Four C’s of Co-working

Co-working is not a new concept, nor is it a fleeting craze. Last year, flexible work spaces made up over 20% of all commercial office leases in central London. This trend is not confined to the capital either; take-up of flexible work spaces in cities outside London increased 275% from 2016 to 2017.

05 April 2018
Construction

Termination: the pitfalls

There are many risks in termination of a contract, particularly in construction contracts – get it wrong and you risk being in breach of contract yourself. The two main pitfalls are:

05 April 2018
Construction

Building Information Modelling requirements

We are seeing an increased adoption of BIM (Building Information Modelling) in the projects we are advising on across the private sector. Of course, BIM Level 2 became mandatory for use on all UK public sector works in April 2016. The implementation of BIM means that the contract documents for the contractor and through the supply chain and professional consultants will need to consider the specific implications of BIM.

04 April 2018
Commercial Real Estate

How to open a franchise

Property related FAQs by franchisees.

16 March 2018
Employment

Head teacher’s failure to disclose relationship was gross misconduct

The Court, found that a head teacher’s failure to disclose her relationship with a convicted man of having indecent images of children justified her dismissal.

13 March 2018
Commercial Real Estate

Beware all landowners! Be careful not to inadvertently grant a public right of way over your land.

The very real risk of an owner of land allowing rights of access over their land and then these leading to a dedicated public right of way was recently highlighted in the case of R v Cumbria County Council and Peter Lamb EWHC 2651. It is therefore worth considering how the local authorities assess whether a public right of way has been established, to hopefully prevent landowners from suffering from this potential incumbrance on their land.

Contact Jacob Montague

+44 118 960 4613 contact@clarkslegal.com