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Register of Overseas Entities - one month since the deadline and thousands still face penalties from failure to register

United Kingdom - March 6 2023 The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 ("the Act") enacted in March 2022 brought into force the register of overseas entities on 1…

New building safety requirements

United Kingdom - February 16 2023 The Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) is the central plank in the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Act was enacted with the…

Cladding and Valuation: Important RICS guidance under consultation until 31 October 2022 - have your say!

United Kingdom - October 20 2022 The consultation is part of RICS' plan to introduce a new professional standard for valuing properties in multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential…

Register of Overseas Entities - Register now to keep transactions running smoothly

United Kingdom - September 7 2022 The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 ("the Act") has been enacted as part of the Government's drive to increase transparency in…

Business Rates - An unpopular tax imposed in unfortunate circumstances

United Kingdom - December 6 2021 It is almost trite to say that retailers have had a tricky time over the last 20 months. The combination of enforced closures, and more recent supply…

The risks of going large (again)

United Kingdom - January 21 2021 In our July 2020 article , we looked at the case of Hart and Hart v Large, which concerned a survey undertaken by Mr Large for the Harts…

Business rates reform - response to Covid-19 and the 2020 outlook

United Kingdom - April 2 2020 This year's budget, announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on 11 March, attracted particularly high levels of attention from the media and business…

Coronavirus/COVID-19 - Regulatory Update

United Kingdom - March 23 2020 Our lawyers' liability and regulatory team take a look at the areas of solicitors' regulation that are likely to be impacted by Coronavirus/COVID-19…

Rents, Returns and Turnover in the Age of Online Retail

United Kingdom - October 18 2019 News has surfaced recently that H&M has approached some of its landlords with a view to agreeing bespoke turnover rent arrangements for new leases and…

Adjudication and liquidation - the TCC gets it wrong…but right

United Kingdom - January 31 2019 Back in August, we wrote a blog about adjudication and liquidation, following the judgment in the TCC case of Michael J. Lonsdale (Electrical) Limited…