Lexology

Future Focus: Smart Offices Innovation or Inhibition?

United Kingdom - October 3 2018 Landlords are increasingly trying to improve and innovate office space but what are the biggest inhibitors to the success of the smart office? Take a…

Freezing the assets of anonymous fraudsters

United Kingdom - September 26 2018 In the recent case of CMOC Sales & Marketing Limited v Persons Unknown the English High Court granted that first worldwide freezing order…

Can a Landlord take my home?

United Kingdom - September 24 2018 Landlords can, in extreme circumstances, forfeit long residential leases, leaving the owner potentially homeless and the landlord with a…

Tribunal’s power to require a claimant to select sample allegations

United Kingdom - September 7 2018 The EAT has provided welcome guidance on the power of the Tribunal to order a claimant to effectively limit the number of allegations pursued at a…

Government proposals for private residential tenancies - implications across the market

United Kingdom - August 28 2018 The private rented sector is housing ever greater numbers of families, so the Government is keen to promote longer tenancies to provide…

Waste Not Want Not - The Industrial Heat Recovery Support Programme

European Union, United Kingdom - August 24 2018 The Government launched the Industrial Heat Recovery Support Programme (IHRSP) on 5th July 2018. Recovering heat from industrial processes, that…

Turbulence in Indian Skies

India - August 23 2018 By 2035, India is expected to be a market of 442 million passengers. Notwithstanding these forecasts in recent weeks some Indian airlines…

AFME guidance - issuer access for unconnected analysts

United Kingdom - August 21 2018 Following new rules, introduced on 1 July 2018, on the UK Main Market equity IPO process involving connected and unconnected research, AFME…

Commencement of the Myanmar Companies Law 2017

Myanmar - August 10 2018 The Myanmar Companies Law 2017 (the "MCL") came into force on 1 August 2018. The Directorate of Investment and Company Administration ("DICA") held a…

Beaumont Business Centres Ltd v Florala Properties Ltd - summary judgment in a rights to light case

United Kingdom - August 10 2018 In the recent unreported case of Beaumont Business Centres Ltd v Florala Properties Ltd the tenant of a property applied to court for an injunction…