Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 1 Oct 2021
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision striking out the representative element of claims arising from an oil spill…
Cordato Partners | Australia | 2 Jun 2021
The National Credit Code protects a borrower if they are a natural person and if the loan is 'to purchase, renovate or improve residential property'…
Blaney McMurtry LLP | Canada, United Kingdom | 7 Dec 2018
A review of the conflicting case law relating to the deduction of statutory accident benefits (“SABs”) paid before a trial from the amount of tort…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 26 Nov 2018
In September 2015 the First Minister announced: a root and branch review of the planning system with a particular emphasis on increasing the delivery…
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Canada | 19 Nov 2018
Effective January 1, 2019, developers marketing real estate development properties located in British Columbia will be subject to new information…
Macpherson Kelley | Australia | 16 Nov 2018
No matter how serious your relationship (whether marriage or de facto), you may not automatically be entitled to an interest in your partner's…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 14 Nov 2018
The “new” Condo Tribunal started hearing and adjudicating condo-related disputes on November 1, 2017. A year later, what have we learned? What…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 14 Nov 2018
Almost all commercial leases contain a clause preventing a tenant from assigning their interest in a lease without the consent of the landlord. The…
Ashfords LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 13 Nov 2018
It is a fact of life that everyone makes mistakes. This is equally true in the case of professional advisors to lenders and, in some cases, those…
Macpherson Kelley | Australia | 13 Nov 2018
A property developer who came across an empty house in Sydney 20 years ago has been awarded title to the million dollar property under squatter laws…