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Taylor Wessing LLP

24 HILLS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1JW, ENGLAND
Shanghai, Paris, Neuss, Munich, London, Hamburg and 7 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in East Anglia

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Cambridge: , Taylor Wessing LLP is a second tier firm,

At Taylor Wessing LLP, corporate and venture capital partners Simon Walker and David Mardle, with Tim Worden and Malcolm Bates on commercial and technology matters, have been joined in Cambridge by corporate special counsel Susanna Stanfield. They specialise in collaboration deals, M&A, IPOs and VC funding. New clients include Aveva and Telecom Italia.

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TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Biotechnology, Taylor Wessing LLP is a first tier firm,

Taylor Wessing LLP is one of Europe’s leading life sciences firms, thanks in no small part to the Cambridge team of Malcolm Bates and Tim Worden. Bates is company secretary of One Nucleus, the UK’s largest biotechnology trade association. Oxford Biomedica is one of many prominent clients.

Within Intellectual property, Taylor Wessing LLP is a first tier firm,

Taylor Wessing LLP sets the standard for complex, global IP licensing. All the partners in the group have science degrees and in-house industry experience, and its client base spans the UK, Europe and beyond. Malcolm Bates is a key figure.

Within IT and telecoms, Taylor Wessing LLP is a first tier firm,

Taylor Wessing LLP advises on issues including software licensing, services agreements, and supply and distribution arrangements for the likes of Red Gate Software, Granta Design and Telecom Italia. The very popular Malcolm Bates heads a team that benefits from Susanna Stanfield’s expertise as special counsel.

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  • COUNCIL TAX

    In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.
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  • QUEEN’S SPEECH

    Bills already introduced pursuant to the Queen’s Speech on 9 May 2012 include Local Government Finance Bill and Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, both accompanied by Explanatory Notes, which in each case address ECHR compatibility.
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  • Standards

    In R (Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin) Mr Calver was a member of Manorbier Community Council who successfully challenged the decision of the Panel to dismiss his appeal against a decision by Prembrokeshire County Council Standards Committee censuring him for a number of comments or blogs posted by him on a website he owned and controlled.
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  • A justified retrospective

    Clive Sheldon - QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation
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  • Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)

    In R (Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich LBC [2012] EWCA Civ 496 the Court of Appeal held that the Council had had “due regard to the PSED when making changes to its funding of community legal advice services”. At para 30 Elias LJ said:
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  • Public Sector Equality Duty

    Surrey County Council conducted a review of its Library Service. This culminated in a Report to the Council’s Cabinet. The Recommendations in the Report included that there should be consultation about a community-partnership approach at selected Libraries.
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  • Judicial Review

    The Judgment of Lindblom J in The Manydown Co Ltd v Basingstoke and Deane BC [2012] EWHC 977 (Admin) repays attention. The Claimant sought to challenge by judicial review 2 decisions of the Council: (1) the Council’s refusal to reconsider its position on the development of a site that it owns (and is the subject matter of a Joint Development Partnership Agreement with the Claimant); and (2) a decision of the Council’s Cabinet approving a selection of sites for development which did not include this site.
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  • The Health and Social Care Act 2012: impact on adult social services

    After its torrid passage through Parliament, the Health and Social Care Bill received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012. The Act deals principally with healthcare reform, but it also contains some amendments to the legislative framework for social care. It will come into force on a day yet to be appointed by the Secretary of State.
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  • Immigration update May 2012

    In this issue:
    - Penningtons Solicitors LLP

  • Premium service for tier 2 and 5 sponsors to be launched

    A premium service for sponsors will be launched by the UKBA on 6 April 2012. The service is designed specifically for companies that sponsor international employees under tier 2 and 5 of the points based system and aims to provide them with enhanced support.
    - Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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