The High Court gave judgment this week in the eagerly awaited Merchant Navy Ratings case.

In order to encourage investment in low-carbon technologies and reduce the UK's carbon emissions, the Government is aware of the need to provide predictable revenue streams to investors.

The Government announced on 3 September that it had introduced orders to make the appeal process faster "whilst ensuring the process remains fair".

A proposed restriction on a tenant's use of its property has been struck down as void under competition law (Martin Retail Group Ltd v Crawley Borough Council).

Annual expenditure was defined as all costs incidental to the services provided to the tenant or recoverable from the tenant.

The national and property media continue to give a significant amount of coverage to the housing crisis.

Changes to the automatic enrolment (AE) requirements come into effect in November and April.

Third party funding is an arrangement between a funder and client involved in litigation or arbitration, where the funder agrees to finance some or all of the client's legal fees...

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s ruling that the Aarhus costs cap protection applies to local authorities.

As expected, the Chancellor has recently announced a reduction in the annual allowance for pension savings of higher earners.

Welcome to the latest edition of “Did you know that ...?”, our regular briefing, which highlights key legal developments affecting companies and their advisers.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently published an open letter to private medical practitioners which stresses the importance to them of not engaging in illegal anti-competitive practices.

Failing to comply with the EU Merger Regulation's (EUMR) mandatory "standstill" obligations can prove an expensive mistake – even if it is unintentional and you believe you have complied with the rules.

The Regulator is consulting on new transfer guidance for DB scheme trustees.

Old Fair Deal outsourcing contracts with public authorities may contain restrictions which mean changing broadly comparable schemes to reflect the ending of contracting-out requires the permission of the original contracting authority.

In July 2011, the Government announced that it would be tightening the definition of "money purchase benefits" with retrospective effect from January 1997.

For some time, trustees and providers have found themselves in a difficult position when faced with a transfer request which they have grounds for believing may be for the purposes of pension liberation.

Calling all landlords: the onerous deadlines and requirements of the Heat Network Regulations are closing in – it's time to act.

Because of a history of litigation between a landlord and its tenants, the landlord was justified in refusing to grant the tenants a new business lease.

These include an increase in the number of consents that can be included within the scope of a DCO and the introduction of more non-planning consents into the DCO regime.