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New HMRC powers under the Finance Bill 2020
The draft Finance Bill 2020 is currently passing through Parliament and is now in the Report stage. Should the Finance Bill be passed in its current form, HMRC will be...
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Private Client Issues – July 2020
Welcome to this month’s edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan’s monthly round-up of the topics. It features insight and advice on developments affecting private individuals. As the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Frustration and summary judgment
The High Court has recently considered whether a defence of frustration can be struck out or summary judgment given. In Natixis & Anr v Famfa Oil Ltd, the High Court...
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Case Summary – General Pharmaceutical Council v Kellett and Gamble [2020] 6 WLUK 456
Last week's ruling sets out the principles to apply in applications to extend interim orders and serves as a warning that interim orders will not be extended without good reason....
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Health Sector News – Review of June 2020
Please find below the June 2020 edition of our Healthcare update bringing you some of the most topical legal news stories from the last month. Blake Morgan continues to offer...
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New Measures Introduced to Help Protect Charities from Insolvency
We are now beginning to see a progressive easing of the government's lockdown that began back in March. At the time, the government acknowledged the potential governance and financial issues...
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Will paperless processes kill off cheques?
With so many processes moving online during the COVID-19 pandemic, could paperwork, cheques and 'wet-ink' signatures be on their way out for good? Paperless probate Even pre-COVID, the Court and...
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Adjudication ‘Boost’ for Liquidators: The Supreme Court Rules Against ‘Futility’ in Bresco v Lonsdale
Bresco Electrical Services Ltd (In Liquidation) (Appellant/Cross-Respondent) v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Ltd (Respondent/Cross-Appellant) [2020] UKSC 25. On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 27 The long awaited judgment determining the...
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Contact tracing revisited: whatever happened to the UK’s smartphone app?
This blog was originally published in Business Matters magazine on the 23rd June 2020. In my column on 4 May in Business Matters magazine, I reported that the UK government...
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Coronavirus – End of UK Intellectual Property Office interrupted days
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has confirmed interrupted days will come to an end on 29 July 2020. End of extensions to deadlines As we previously reported, following the...
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Public Health England report on COVID-19
Public Health England (PHE)'s latest report (published on 17th June 2020) which looked at the impact of Covid-19 on BAME groups, includes one particular message that simply cannot be ignored....
