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FCA bans clauses restricting clients’ choice of future supplier in relation to primary market services.
17 August 2017
On 27 June the FCA published its Policy Statement PS17/13 'Investment and corporate banking: prohibition of restrictive contractual clauses'. This details the FCA's decision to ban firms from entering into...
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Implications for lenders when taking security over shares in a Scottish company
17 August 2017
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy ("BEIS") has clarified that a person taking security over shares in a Scottish Company must appear on the company's Register of People...
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Court of Appeal considers whether using LMA terms amount to dealing on a party’s “written standard terms of business”
17 August 2017
In African Export-Import Bank and others v Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd and others the Court of Appeal determined that the use of negotiated LMA terms did not amount to dealing...
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EAT confirms voluntary overtime payable in holiday pay
03 August 2017
It should not come as a surprise to many employers, but the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has now ruled that voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay if it...
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Blake Morgan advises David Lloyd Leisure on its acquisition of a premium health club
01 August 2017
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has advised its longstanding client David Lloyd Leisure on the acquisition of a premium health club The Academy in Harrogate.
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Friday afternoon fraud on property transactions
05 July 2017
Since 2009, HM Land Registry has prevented 254 fraudulent applications being registered, representing properties valued in excess of £117 million. No system can be completely fraud-proof, but do you know...
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Holiday pay for the self-employed?
14 June 2017
With the ongoing debate over the gig economy and employment status, Sarah Peacock considers a recent European Opinion which could pave the way for "self-employed" workers to claim holiday pay...
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An Islamic Brexit?
05 June 2017
Article 50 has been triggered. So we are now on a countdown to leaving the EU. But what is Brexit likely to mean for those engaged in Islamic Finance here...
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NatWest automated loan approval
05 June 2017
Recently NatWest announced plans to launch a new automated lending process that aims to provide credit-approved decisions in as little as 45 minutes for property investment and development companies. The...
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When does notice of termination take effect?
08 May 2017
When does giving notice to an employee to terminate their employment take effect? Although giving notice may seem a simple task, the timing of it is sometimes crucial, and the...
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Cosmetic Warriors and Lush Cosmetics – the construction of pre-emption rights
05 May 2017
The recent decision in the case of Cosmetic Warriors Ltd & Anor v Gerrie[2017] EWCA Civ 324 dealt with the correct construction of shareholders' pre-emption rights. Cosmetic Warriors Limited and Lush...
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TUPE: What amounts to incorrect Employee Liability Information?
04 May 2017
Employers who transfer employees to a "new" employer (transferee) under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ("the TUPE Regulations") are under a duty ahead of the transfer...
