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

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, tier 4

Spratt Endicott impresses with its ‘professional and effective approach, varied expertise and sensible fee structure’. John Spratt and Hitendra Patel are ‘outstanding’, and the team is rated for its ‘consistent, high-quality advice’.

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, tier 4

Associate Caroline Gibbs at Spratt Endicott is recommended.

Within Debt recovery , Spratt Endicott is a second tier firm,

Spratt Endicott’s ‘excellent and experienced’ team provides recovery services to a number of high street banks, and clients in the retail and education sectors. Practice head Martin Hughes’ experience is ‘invaluable’.

Human resources

Within Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Spratt Endicott is a third tier firm,

Spratt Endicott’s ‘impressive’ team is led by Carol Shaw, who acts as an employment tribunal advocate. With ‘comprehensive expertise’ and ‘a quick grasp of clients’ needs’, it acts for clients in the advertising, manufacturing and security industries.

Overview

Private client

Within Agriculture and estates Agriculture and estates

Within Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40 Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Spratt Endicott is a third tier firm,

With over 45 years’ experience, David Endicott at Spratt Endicott advises clients with ‘tact and diplomacy’, and his ‘subject knowledge is second to none’.

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Spratt Endicott is a third tier firm,

With a ‘depth of experience’, Spratt Endicott’s two-partner team delivers ‘London-level experience at significantly lower rates’. Andrew Woods is ‘enthusiastic and always available’, and Guy Stephenson is recommended.


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  • HOUSING

    In Nzinga Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 669 the Court of Appeal clarified that in offering a homeless person with alternative temporary accommodation the local authority is obliged to point that if the offer is refused it has discharged its Part VII duties under the Housing Act 1996.
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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

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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

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