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Blake Morgan partners Women’s prize for fiction
24 October 2018
After many years of supporting the Prize behind the scenes, we are delighted to announce Blake Morgan is now a partner of, and the Official Legal Provider to, Women's Prize...
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Employment Law Newsletter – Autumn 2018
18 October 2018
A warm welcome to Blake Morgan's Autumn newsletter, keeping you informed of the latest developments in Employment Law. With the Budget just over a week away and the Brexit negotiations...
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Can an obligation in a conveyance to maintain fencing take effect as an Easement?
17 October 2018
In the recent case of Churston Golf Club v Haddock, the High Court considered whether an obligation to maintain fencing contained in a conveyance could take effect as an easement...
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The “after party” – could employers be liable for what goes on?
17 October 2018
It's ten weeks until Christmas and many Christmas parties will be already planned or in the process of being planned. Some will be more spontaneous team meals, others may take...
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What should we expect from the Budget for the higher rates of stamp duty land tax (the 3% surcharge)? Will it increase to 5%?
16 October 2018
Figures published at the end of September 2018 for the tax year ending in April 2018 show that £1.895 billion was raised from the extra 3% SDLT on additional dwellings....
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Taxing termination payments – six months on
16 October 2018
Six months on from the introduction of a new regime for taxing termination payments (PENP for those familiar with it), there are still two commonly held, wrong beliefs: Nothing has...
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Protecting Trade Secrets and implementation of the new Directive
12 October 2018
On the 8 June 2016, the European Commission, European Parliament and the Council adopted a Directive which had the aim of harmonising the approach to protecting trade secrets across the EU...
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The NCA wins the first round in its application of “McMafia” laws
11 October 2018
Upon the High Court lifting reporting restrictions this week, the newspapers have reported details of the extravagant lifestyle of Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of the former chairman of Azerbaijan's largest...
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Is the current approach on valuing pensions fit for mediation?
10 October 2018
There are not many occasions in a mediation where I hesitate to say that mediations are conducted in the "shadow of the court". I normally emphasise that mediation is not...
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Employment Newsletter – Autumn 2018
09 October 2018
A warm welcome to Blake Morgan's Autumn newsletter, keeping you informed of the latest developments in Employment Law. This year, October brought almost no legislative changes to Employment law, because...
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Dispute resolution and early neutral evaluation in construction
08 October 2018
"Mediation Week" has drawn to a close, so before you forget about mediation for another year, here's my contribution about ADR (alternative dispute resolution) in construction! So you've got a...
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Do you need a dispute to go to mediation?
08 October 2018
Many years ago the court used to get involved in every case where there were children and their parents were divorcing. However, with the Children Act, which came into being...
