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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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Where there’s a Will, there’s a way, but one in five small business owners don’t have one
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has today published research which shows how unprepared for the future some business owners are – and how a lack of understanding about planning could...
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BM Life Stages Building A Business
Starting up your own business can be incredibly empowering. Incubating an idea, turning it into something tangible, setting your own milestones and striking out on your own is exciting and...
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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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Protecting Your Business Assets
You've invested in building and growing your business so we are here to help you to protect and grow that investment, both now and in the future.
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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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Landmark Decision FROM the Supreme Court on the Meaning of “Unfavourable Treatment”
In Williams v The Trustees of Swansea University Pension & Assurance Scheme and Swansea University the Supreme Court has provided useful confirmation on the meaning of "unfavourable treatment" under section...
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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...
