The UK Government has launched a consultation on reforming emergency repairs provisions under the higher-risk buildings regime, addressing concerns that current rules may not effectively handle urgent safety works. The proposed changes aim to clarify what constitutes an emergency repair and create a more proportionate system for building owners, developers, and contractors navigating the Building Safety Regulator approval process.

The full impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on club's finances may not be seen for some time and will likely lead to a tightening of belts for clubs around the globe ...

As the UK begins its walk towards Freedom Day, more business as usual is returning to the House of Commons. 1 July saw a long awaited debate in the House about retirement communities and villages...

Administrators were appointed by the secured creditor of a joint venture which owned a development site overlooking the River Thames.

The case was concerned with whether a clause in an intercreditor deed saying that "Neither lender should challenge or question…the validity of enforceability of any Security" prevented the second ranking creditor from issuing a claim challenging the prior ranking creditor's security documents.

BetIndex maintained a separate client account for its gambling customers. On administration around £4.5m was in the account.

In 2014, a creditor commenced a claim under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 following a judgment in default she obtained against Mr Lemos.

The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill which is currently passing through parliament, will extend the director disqualification regime to former directors of dissolved companies.

At the convening hearing the company had sought one meeting of the bondholders. The court however ordered a separate meeting of the shareholders to vote on the scheme on the grounds...

Ipagoo LLP ("Ipagoo") was an electronic money institution that fell into administration. Ipagoo issued electronic money and provided multi-country and cross-currency payment account services.

A debtor dual citizen of Japan and Taiwan obtained an order for his own bankruptcy in England.

The Liquidator claimed against the Respondent to recover a payment of £115 million as an alleged preference under s.239 IA 1986.

A round-up of some recent litigation cases that may be of interest.

The latest decision from the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) on remediation orders is about the increasingly thorny issue of seeking to vary (extend) the time for compliance with a remediation order.

Many have said that a lack of planning policy support for the delivery of retirement housing is one of the biggest hurdles which the sector faces – which seems odd, as an ageing population ...

The Government's commitment to impose a new duty on employers to take "all reasonable steps" to prevent harassment in the workplace marks a new departure in discrimination law.

How can mental health services ensure that a patient’s physical health does not become secondary to their psychiatric care? That question sits at the heart of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s (HSSIB) latest report, published at the end of July, which examines the deterioration of a patient’s physical health while they were receiving care in a low secure mental health unit.

The companies proposing the scheme were high interest rate lenders to individuals on low to moderate incomes.

This year has been a great one for sport: the return of Wimbledon, and the delayed Euros, Olympics and Paralympics; there have been many sports headlines that have kept the nation gripped and talking.

The defendants, registered owners of unoccupied commercial property, had incorporated SPVs, and granted leases of the properties to them.