What should you do when faced with a compulsory purchase order?
The threat of compulsory purchase can be very unsettling but there are steps individuals, companies and institutional landowners can take to prepare for a compulsory purchase order (CPO).
28 February 2018
Insurers avoid requirement to pay commission under affinity schemes
Our insurance team looks at a significant case.
04 February 2014
The pitfalls of abiding by LLP Agreements in Investment Fund Partnerships
A dispute over a member’s continued membership of an Investment Fund LLP has highlighted the difficulties in managing individuals and the business where LLP agreements are involved.
04 August 2015
Streamlined Advice: will fintech firms go where others fear to tread?
The industry may see a shift-change that enables Streamlined Advice to succeed where Basic Advice and Simplified Advice failed. Can fintech and robo-advice disrupters take forward the opportunity?
08 August 2017
The Pensions Regulator’s master trust supervision and enforcement policy
Pensions Regulator has set out how it will supervise master trusts and use its enforcement powers. We explain as the window for existing master trusts to apply for authorisation closes.
28 March 2019
Storms Ciara and Dennis – maximising recovery from your insurance
Top tips to help you maximise your recovery from the winter floods.
27 February 2020
Stay of proceedings allows dispute to be brought before Financial Ombudsman Service
The claimants were granted a stay of proceedings to allow them to bring their dispute with two defendant banks before the Financial Ombudsman Service.
31 August 2016
STICS, Strips and Discounting – first round to HMRC
In Savva and others v HMRC, the Tribunal held that the return was taxable, and in so doing considered the meaning of 'discount' and 'security' for relevant tax purposes.
03 October 2013
Strained relations in the UK yoghurt market
According to the Court of Appeal, a substantial proportion of the public believes that Greek yoghurt comes from Greece so yoghurt made elsewhere should consequently not be labelled 'Greek'.
03 February 2014
Statutory demands relating to multiple debts with an aggregate over £750
The High Court has held that statutory demands will not necessarily be set aside if the undisputed debt is less than £750, where other debts would take the cumulative total over this limit.
14 September 2015
Striking out a misrepresentation claim in court
Can an entire agreement clause stop a claimant’s shot at bringing a misrepresentation claim? Yes, says the High Court.
17 July 2018
State aid case alert
The Court of Appeal in R (Sky Blue Sports Leisure Ltd & Ors) v Coventry City Council upheld the judgment that a £14.4m loan by Coventry Council to a subsidiary it jointly owned was not state aid.
19 May 2016