ArticlePrivate Wealth Legal Update February 2019The price of obtaining a death certificate in England and Wales will nearly triple from 16 February 2019.United KingdomFamily and MatrimonialHewitsons LLP
ArticleChanges Overseas Investors In UK Property Need To Know AboutThere are a number of changes that overseas investors need to know about if they hold UK property. The first relates to the introduction of capital gains tax. Unlike many jurisdictions, foreign owners have not had to pay tax on UK property gains.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleDiffident Display Of Finding An Adjudicator's Decision Concerning Defects To Be DefectiveThe claimant and defendant had entered into a sub-contract, clause 14.4 of which stated that if the defendant decided any works done ...United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleRICS Code Of Practice For Service Charges In Commercial PropertiesThe Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has announced the publication of their new professional statement, which will supersede the previous three Service Charge Codes. United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleRisky Business Or Real Risk Of Dissipation?The appellant company appealed against a stay of execution of a judgment based on an adjudicator's decision.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleUnjustly Enriched? - Office Depot International (UK) Ltd V UBC Asset Management (UK) Ltd And Others [2018] EWHC 1494 (TCC)The landlord, UBS Assets, entered into an Agreement for Lease with Office Depot in relation to a warehouse in Manchester.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleEmployment Legal Update October 2019Religion & Belief Discrimination: Can a belief in the sanctity of copyright be a protectable philosophical belief?United KingdomEmployment and HRHewitsons LLP
ArticleBusiness Immigration Update - December 2018In the last edition of this update we reported on the agreement that had been reached between the UK Government and the EU on citizens' rights as part of the negotiations ahead of the UK's exit from the EU.United KingdomImmigrationHewitsons LLP
ArticleCivil Partnerships For Heterosexual CouplesTheresa May has announced that all couples in England and Wales will be able to choose to have a civil partnership, instead of marriage, after the Supreme Court held it is unlawful that opposite sex couples don't have the same right to choose. United KingdomFamily and MatrimonialHewitsons LLP
ArticleThe MAC Report: A Potential Glimpse Into The UK's Future Immigration SystemIn July 2017 the government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to gather evidence in respect of the patterns of EU migration into the UK and the impact of that migration, ahead of the UK's exit from the EU next year.United KingdomImmigrationHewitsons LLP
Article'Noticing Your Notices' – S.25 Notice - Law Of Property Act 1925In anticipation of the expiry of the lease's term, the landlord instructed its solicitors to serve a section 25 notice on the then tenant, Dukeminster (UG) Limited. United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleFarming Assets: Do They Belong To The Partnership Or The Individual Partner?Many assume if an asset, such as farmland, is referred to in the partnership accounts that it is a partnership asset.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleEmployment Legal Update December 2019Direct discrimination – is a comparator required where a claim is based on failure to pay allowance during maternity leave?United KingdomEmployment and HRHewitsons LLP
ArticleFairness And Consistency In Disciplinary Proceedings Brought By Sports Governing BodiesIt has not been the best of years for José Mourinho. Zinedine Zidane has recently beaten him to the job of Real Madrid manager ...United KingdomMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentHewitsons LLP
ArticleEmployment Legal Update February 2020In Levy v McHale Legal an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruled that Mr Levy was discriminated against by reason of his age after he was denied a job at McHale because he was "expensive".United KingdomEmployment and HRHewitsons LLP
ArticleEmployment Legal Update January 2020In Casamitjama v League Against Cruel Sports ("LACS") an Employment Tribunal (ET) has ruled at a preliminary hearing that ethical veganism...United KingdomEmployment and HRHewitsons LLP
ArticleSports Legal Update - September 2018Our Sports Group has a long-established record of advising sports-related organisations including lottery distributors, sports administrators, national governing bodies, sports clubs, charities and trusts.United KingdomMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentHewitsons LLP
ArticleThe Agriculture Bill 2018: A New Climate For Agribusinesses?Brexit raises numerous questions for the food and farming sector. It was hoped that the Agriculture Bill would answer many of those questions. Does it live up to those hopes? Read our summary to find out. United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP
ArticleSuccessful Proprietary Estoppel ClaimIn the recent case of Todd v Parsons, the Deceased's daughter, Elizabeth, succeeded in bringing a claim for proprietary estoppel in relation to her Deceased mother's house.United KingdomFamily and MatrimonialHewitsons LLP
ArticleOpportunities For Northamptonshire From The Oxford - Cambridge ArcThe Government and private sector plan to make significant investment into the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, a region of development encompassing Oxford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge and Northampton.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionHewitsons LLP