In recent years the importance of paying ‘due regard’ to the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)1 when it comes to decisions to reduce or withdraw local authority services in response to the austerity agenda has been underlined by a serie...

Housing and Planning Act 2016 Developers often rely on local planning authorities’ powers under section 237 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to override easements and other rights over land which has been acquired for or appropriated to  pla...

Eversheds Sutherland (International) has been named ‘Legal Practice of the Year’ at the Northern Lights Awards, Manchester. The awards are designed to highlight collaboration between companies and within companies in the Northern Powerh...

One of the most frequently asked questions in a property purchase is why, if the buyer of a property is paying the conveyancing attorney, the seller has the right to appoint him? Our common law specifically states that a seller is the party entitled...

When asked whether employees have the legal right to bring a lawyer to internal disciplinary hearings, most employers would say no. Indeed, most organisations have formulated policies around the statutory provisions, which refe...

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1.  Summary On 12 July the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), released its eagerly anticipated Electricity Market Reform White Paper (the White Paper). The contents of the White Paper bring some further clarity to the measures desc...

Youssefi v Mussellwhite [2014] EWCA Civ 885 Horne & Meredith Properties Ltd v Cox [2014] All ER (D) 194 These two cases concern opposition to lease renewals on the grounds of the tenant’s breach of covenant (“grounds (a), (b) and (c)...

On 21 July the Technology and Construction Court handed down judgment in relation to two applications made in the case of Perinatal Institute v Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership. This interesting judgment highlights two potential pitfalls f...

The coronavirus outbreak and various responses by authorities across the globe have prompted several amendments to government Intellectual Property Offices (“IPOs”), courts, and in some cases filing deadline extensions. These specia...

The law on force majeure differs from country to country, not least between common law and civil law jurisdictions. We have produced a both a Global Guide to Force Majeure and an Asia-Pacific Guide to Force Majeure that provides some preliminary ad...

From today, a new right for employees to request time off work to undertake training or study applies to all businesses in England, Scotland or Wales with 250 or more employees. For employers familiar with the right to requ...

A new ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) suggests fathers who take advantage of new rights to extended paternity leave from April next year could be entitled to the same rights and benefits from their employer as women who...

Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v Compton Beauchamp Estates Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1755 The Court of Appeal’s judgement is the latest decision concerning the Code and the first appeal heard concerning the Electr...

As originally published on CoStar on 07 November 2019 In the first of a regular series, leading real estate lawyer Bruce Dear talks to a senior player in real estate over ...

In August 2019, the Government consulted on the principle of amending permitted development rights in England to grant planning permission for mobile infrastructure to support deployment of 5G and extend mobile coverage. The Government is committed ...

Since the Federal Council ordered the closure of a large part of the shops in Switzerland in mid-March to counteract the spread of the COVID-19 virus, a dispute has raged between business tenants and landlords as to whether this extraordinary situat...

Listen as our panel answer some of the most common questions clients have asked us over recent weeks as well as digging into more detail around how your business should proceed with specific legal and technical challenges. A recording of the session...

On 9 April 2020, the President extended the lockdown period until 30 April 2020. On 16 April 2020, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs published and issued new Regulations in Government Gazette 43232, Government Notice No....

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Iminjan Seydin appeared in a video praising the government after he was missing for three years.

An approval would bring the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act a significant step closer to becoming law.

On Friday 14 February 2020, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) published the ISDA Collateral Agreement Interest Rate Definitions (the “Collateral Rate Definitions”). The Collateral Rate Definit...

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Summary of the communication from the EU commissionInterpretative Guidelines on EU Regulation 261/2004 on passenger rights in the context of the developing situation with Covid-19 - 18 March 2020 Right to choose between reimbursement and rerouting ...

The Court of Appeal decision in Forsyth-Grant v Allen concerned the construction of a pair of semi-detached houses that interfered with the rights of light enjoyed by a neighbouring hotel. The builder employed a rights of light surveyor, who tried t...

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 grants tenants of flats a right of first refusal if the landlord wishes to dispose of its interest in the whole or part of 'a building'. In a decision that is hugely significant for the increasing numbers of landowne...

There have been many examples of high profile health and safety incidents in recent years, including major rail disasters, the serious incident at Alton Towers and of course the tragedy at Grenfell Tower. These have rightly received high profile, wi...

Update | 23. 4. 2020: The Parliament passed the act on certain measures to mitigate the effects of the SARS CoV-2 coronavirus epidemic on tenants of business premises. The new act will be effective once signed by the President and published in the C...

This week marks another critical juncture in the ongoing fight against the economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis. With the jobs retention scheme portal now open for applications since Monday 20 April 2020, many businesses and employer...

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The Citizens Advice Bureau has recently published a report highlighting concerns about the increasing use of charging orders in particular as well as enforcement in general and bankruptcy A charging order is a way of securing a judgment debt o...

The Government has recently announced that the Consumer Rights Bill is intended to become law on 1 October 2015, subject to the ongoing Parliamentary process. The Bill is relevant to businesses in the transport sector as it will introduce significan...

Brazil's Real firmed for the first time this week, bouncing from last session's all-time lows, while most other Latin American currencies also strengthened on Friday on signs of easing tensions between the United States and China.

Mariam Apaokagi, popularly known as Taaooma, is a popular Nigerian Instagram comedienne and skit maker.

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Diego Maradona has lent a hand in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in his hometown by autographing an Argentina national team jersey for a raffle. The sale raised money for an underprivileged area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires affected by quarantine rules. I was asked for bribe to make 2014 World Cup squad
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