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Mr Philip Freeborn, Mrs Christina Goldie v Mr Daniel Robert De Almeida Marcal (Trading as Dan Marcal Architects) [2019] EWHC 454 (TCC)
This case offers a salutary lesson for all architects (and other professionals): not only will a failure to record your client's brief (and agreed changes to that brief) clearly and...
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Private Client Issues – March 2019
Welcome to this month's edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan's monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. Insight and advice on developments affecting private individuals. Seven...
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FOS: Changes to Limits and Eligibility – Are you Ready?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that it intends to go ahead with its proposals to: increase the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) award limit; and extend the definition of...
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Senior Managers Regime: FCA Publishes Final Guidance
The deadline for the extended SM&CR regime is fast approaching! All firms will be required to have fully implemented the new regime by 9 December 2019. FCA Guidance The SM&CR...
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The Disclosure pilot scheme in the Business and Property Courts
A new mandatory disclosure pilot scheme has been operating in the Business and Property Courts since 1 January 2019 and will be in place for at least two years. The...
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Bank of Mum and Dad: concessionary purchases
Occasionally Mum and Dad own a family home which could be transferred to a son or daughter when Mum and Dad downsize. In these situations it is not uncommon for...
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Duty of full and frank disclosure: Wild Brain Family International Ltd v (1) Robson & (2) Chubb [2018] EWHC 3163 (Ch)
In court proceedings injunctive relief may be granted to the claimant after successfully asserting a without notice application in circumstances where, for example, there is a case of extreme urgency...
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Land gifted by benefactor for use as school reverted back to his descendants when school replaced
The Court of Appeal clarified the legal position under legislation from a very different era but whose terms remain relevant and are still being felt today, and local authorities will...
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The commonhold revolution
In December 2018 the Law Commission published a Consultation Paper on commonhold reform: "Reinvigorating commonhold: the alternative to leasehold ownership". In it they make provisional proposals to make commonhold work...
