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The Employment Rights Bill: What you need to know
Oct 11, 2024 · Published on Thursday, 10 October 2024, the government has described its Employment Rights Bill as the “biggest upgrade to rights at work for a generation”. It certainly covers a lot of ground. However, and importantly, the majority of the reforms will not come into force yet. Apart from turning back the clock on minimum service levels in ...
Warranties and/or representations, and why it matters
Nov 24, 2016 · There is an important distinction between warranties and representations in English law and whether you want to give either or both of these to your counterparty will depend on your bargaining position and will differ from case to case. The High Court has recently highlighted this distinction in its analysis of the terms of a sale and purchase ...
Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA): Gateway 2 applications
Jan 29, 2024 · Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA): Gateway Regime. The building control gateway approval regime applies to “Higher Risk Buildings” (HRBs) – A HRB is a building that is at least 18 metres in height, or has at least 7 stories, and which contains at least two residential units. It should be noted that a HRB can also include mixed-use buildings ...
Restrictive covenants on land: Lessons from recent cases - Walker …
Apr 13, 2023 · Section 84 applications: Recent case law on the discharge or modification of restrictive covenants. The Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) affords the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (UT) discretion to modify or discharge restrictive covenants affecting land if one or more of the grounds in section 84 LPA 1925 applies, namely: the covenant is ...
Oral contracts: Lessons from the Supreme Court - Walker Morris
23rd February 2023. The Supreme Court’s decision in Barton v Morris [1] emphasises the risks of entering into oral contracts and the value in properly documenting commercial arrangements. Walker Morris commented recently on the dangers associated with informal contracting. In this follow up article, Louise Norbury-Robinson, Jack Heward and ...
The basics of forfeiture explained - Walker Morris
Jan 24, 2014 · The ability to forfeit enables a landlord to re-enter their property following a breach by the tenant, and by doing so, terminate the lease. Depending upon the reason for forfeiture, termination can take place with immediate effect, or following a period of notice. In order to be able to forfeit a lease, a landlord will firstly need to ...
The cost of dealing with a litigant in person - Walker Morris
CPR 46.5 allows a litigant in person to be paid costs for the same categories of work and disbursements which would have been allowed if the person had been legally represented. The amount to be allowed to the litigant in person will either be £19 per hour [1] or, where the person can prove financial loss, the amount that he or she can prove ...
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024: The “need to know”
Jul 2, 2024 · The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act (LAFRA) was enacted on 24 May 2024. It’s intended to improve the rights of residential long leaseholders in England and Wales. Following announcement of the General Election, the legislation was passed shortly before Parliament was dissolved. That meant it was enacted before all elements could be included.
Contractual costs clauses: What does recovery of “all reasonable …
Jan 13, 2020 · Contracting parties should note that the High Court in Alafco concluded that a recovery of costs clause in a lease is a contractual entitlement to recover costs on the indemnity basis. Whether or not a clause states that a party is entitled to recover “all costs” or “all reasonable costs” is irrelevant. The presence of the word ...