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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...
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Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP: advice or information? SAAMCO explained
A Court of Appeal case in January 2019 has provided a useful analysis on using SAAMCO to distinguish between 'advice' and 'information' cases involving financial professional negligence. SAAMCO is commonly...
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Blake Morgan insolvency lawyer wins industry award for outstanding client service
Blake Morgan partner, Katie James, has been awarded a prestigious Client Choice Award by Lexology. Held at the Institute of Civil Engineers in Westminster, the Client Choice awards celebrate, recognise...
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A warning from the UK Intellectual Property Office about the Patent and Trademark Organisation
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) is currently reaching out to trade mark owners to warn them of a private company seeking substantial payment for the renewal of their...