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Coronavirus – End of UK Intellectual Property Office interrupted days
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has confirmed interrupted days will come to an end on 29 July 2020. End of extensions to deadlines As we previously reported, following the...
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Coronavirus and non-payment of rent – how much protection does a tenant have?
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020), which became law on 25 March 2020, has significant implications for landlords and tenants of commercial premises. The Act gives considerable protection to tenants against...
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Coronavirus; The Impact on Business and Trading
The unprecedented global pandemic caused by the spread of Coronavirus ("COVID-19") has naturally resulted in worrying and uncertain times personally, professionally and economically. It has been well documented that the...
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Coronavirus: How to instruct a solicitor to draft a Will when you can’t meet face-to-face
The coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to our way of life, and the Government guidance for the public evolves on a daily basis. The current advice is to distance...
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Coronavirus: Empty commercial premises – are you protecting yourself?
The current coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a significant number of empty commercial premises. Tenants should check their leases to identify whether: they are required to notify their landlord that...
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Coronavirus: Spousal and child maintenance
The coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented and unforeseen situation where significant numbers of people face the prospect of a reduction in their wages, being placed on furlough for a...
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Coronavirus: moving house completion date guidance
A consensus seems to have broken out in the conveyancing industry as to how to handle completion dates for purchases in the present circumstances. The Law Society, in consultation with...
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Coronavirus – the impact on pension arrangements
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued guidance on a number of COVID-19 related issues that arise in the context of the different pension arrangements in the UK. Links to some...
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Coronavirus: Protection for commercial tenants on the high street
On Thursday evening the Government announced further measures to limit the ability of landlords to take action against commercial tenants for non-payment of rent. These new measures supplement provisions introduced...
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Health Sector News – review of August 2020
Welcome to the review of August edition of Health Sector News, this month as well as the digest of legal issues hitting the headlines in the health sector we wanted...
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Commercial contracts webinar: contracts and coronavirus
On Tuesday 2 June Blake Morgan hosted a webinar on how contractual agreements will change in light of COVID-19.
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Force Majeure clauses and the coronavirus pandemic – recent cases
How have courts approached the issue of force majeure clauses over the pandemic? Back in March 2020 we published an article which considered force majeure clauses in the context of...
