Current market conditions are some of the most challenging faced by landlords and tenants, creating greater disparity during lease renewal

Following the introduction of the Low Value Protocols, in which costs are fixed for claims proceeding within the Portal process and for claims

The Environmental Bill will introduce a mandatory 10 biodiversity net gain requirement for planning approval. This article will look at how it will

On the 6th April 2020 amendments to Practice Direction 16 (PD16) of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) come into force which impose a number of

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The Lands Tribunal for Scotland has recently published its first Guidance Note for claims made under the new Electronic Communications Code, forming

DAC Beachcroft’s casualty fraud team has secured another Fundamental Dishonesty finding against a claimant who sought to claim damages for personal

CQC has published its findings from its first ‘regulatory sandboxing’ exercise, the output of which includes a change in the criteria which providers

On 6 February 2020, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published their monitoring report on the use of the Mental Health Act 1983 in 201819. Although

A landlord granting a lease to an overseas entity, or to a tenant whose guarantor is incorporated overseas, is well advised to obtain a legal opinion

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Where personal injury claims are pursued within the Low Value Protocols and the first instance claim is subject to fixed costs, what costs should be

The High Court has granted an interim injunction requiring an employer to permit a solicitor who had been suspended from some of her duties to

The Queen’s Speech confirmed that new legislation is to be introduced to help deliver fast, reliable and secure broadband to millions of homes. And

A Probation Service Officer was not unfairly dismissed after deliberately failing to give her employer full information about Social Services’

No changes expected in 2020 to existing EU-derived employment rights. THE FACTS Now that Brexit Day has passed the question of what will happen to

A number of changes to statutory rates and employment related legislation are coming into effect from 6 April 2020. THE FACTS Changes to IR35 in the

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published technical guidance on harassment in the workplace. THE FACTS The Equality and Human Rights

From 6 April 2020, parents who have tragically suffered the loss of a child will be entitled to two weeks’ statutory Parental Bereavement Leave and