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London Blockchain Week – What’s new in 2019?
Last month we saw Blockchain Week return to London. The 2018 edition had been dominated by much media fanfare given the surging value of cryptocurrencies and flood of ICO (Initial...
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How your attorney may be able to deal with more than just your own affairs
When granting someone a power of attorney you are giving them the right to deal with your own affairs. However, we look back at the case of Whittaker v Hancock...
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BM Life Stages Future proofing your legacy
Our final BM LIfe Stages report 'Future-proofing your Legacy' focuses on how people save for their future, plan to retire and hand over control of their assets and business. Planning...
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What is adultery?
We often discuss interesting and unusual points within our team, and recently a member of the team raised a query about adultery, defined in the dictionary as 'voluntary sexual intercourse...
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Construction product standards – Before and after Brexit
As Brexit draws closer and the noise of nervous speculation grows louder local authorities will welcome clear advice regarding the effect of leaving the EU, especially in a no-deal scenario....
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Entrepreneurs’ Relief – Filling the gap
In our previous post on this subject following the Autumn 2018 Budget, we considered the changes to the qualification criteria which must be met so that individuals can benefit from...
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Continuing benefit required to obtain springboard injunction
A springboard injunction is an order granted by the Court which prevents, for example, a former employee from gaining a head start by using his/her former employer's confidential information or...
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Recent Trends: Individual Voluntary Arrangements
The total number of individual insolvencies increased in the first and second quarters of 2018, reaching the highest level since 2012. Individual Voluntary Arrangements ("IVA") comprised the majority of individual...
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Welcome relief for tenants as the Tenant Fees Act is signed into law
In a move likely to impact anyone involved in the private rental sector, Parliament has enacted a bill known as the Tenant Fees Act 2019 which marks the end of...
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Severance of a restrictive covenant – the impact of Freshasia Foods Ltd v Jing Lu [2018]
The Court of Appeal decision in Egon Zehnder Ltd v Tillman [2018] placed doubt on whether it was possible for parts of a single covenant to be deleted without changing...
