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Protection for commercial tenants: rental payments during coronavirus
26 March 2020
Commercial leases often include forfeiture provisions enabling landlords to re-enter the premises where tenants have failed to pay rent for a certain period or where tenants are in breach of...
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Temporary stamp duty process for share transfers during COVID-19 pandemic
26 March 2020
HMRC has put in place an online process for paying Stamp Duty on share transfers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This will enable share registers to be updated in the absence...
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Coronavirus: How to instruct a solicitor to draft a Will when you can’t meet face-to-face
26 March 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to our way of life, and the Government guidance for the public evolves on a daily basis. The current advice is to distance...
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Chief Planner’s Advice to Planning Authorities: Keep Calm and Carry On
26 March 2020
The latest Chief Planner's letter to Chief Planning Officers (March) contains key messages for heads of planning authorities during the COVID-19 crisis. Decision Making Planning authorities are urged to "continue...
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E-Hearings: Changes to the Court hearing system in response to COVID-19
25 March 2020
A brief overview of certain changes in the Court's administration of justice at hearings as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The impact of the global outbreak of the novel...
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A message from the Blake Morgan Managing Partner
25 March 2020
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to develop, I wanted to let you know some of the things we're doing to help. As always, our focus is on providing you with...
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COVID-19: Co-parenting during lockdown
24 March 2020
With the United Kingdom in lockdown, we currently find ourselves in an unprecedented example of social distancing in response to COVID-19. The developments have caused, and will continue to cause,...
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Keeping purchases moving, land transaction returns
24 March 2020
There is a time limit now of only 14 days from the "effective date" of a transaction (usually completion) within which to submit to HMRC a land transaction return and...
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Hot Food Takeaways – Permitted Development Rights Flexed to combat Covid-19
24 March 2020
At 10 am today, The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI 2020 No.330) came into force. This introduces a permitted development right called 'Class...
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I take thee in sickness and in health, but no one ever mentioned in social distancing…
24 March 2020
As everyone keeps saying, these are unprecedented times and it's fair to say that life has changed in unimaginable ways, and to an unimaginable extent, in these past 10 days....
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Working from home/Self-isolating: Can documents be signed electronically?
24 March 2020
Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, many people are now working from home and so there is an increased need to sign documents electronically. The Law Society and the City of...
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The Coronavirus Bill 2020
20 March 2020
On 19 March 2020 the UK Government published a summary impact assessment of the proposed emergency coronavirus legislation (available here). The purpose of the Bill is to ensure that public...
