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Councils left vulnerable in recovering business rates following recent Court of Appeal Decision
In a recent decision in the Court of Appeal, two local authorities (the Claimants) lost 'test cases' after attempting to recover business rates arising from empty properties. The impact the...
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Travel sale success for Blake Morgan
Blake Morgan's corporate team has successfully advised Ickenham Travel Group on the sale of the business and assets of their business travel division, Business Travel Direct to travel management company...
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Supreme Court gives significant decision on restrictive covenants
Restrictive covenants are a useful tool for employers to protect their competitive edge and to reduce the risk of 'star employees' leaving to join competitors. However, failure to draft restrictive...
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Stamp Duty Land Tax 3% surcharge ‘Replacement of only or main residence’ and the three-year rules
The higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax are intended to apply to purchases of additional residential properties, such as second homes and buy to let properties. The design of...
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Blake Morgan rewards 52 lawyers and support staff in latest promotions round
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has announced the promotion of 52 lawyers and support staff who work across its offices in the Solent region, Thames Valley, London and Cardiff....
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Applying proportionality in costs law
Proportionality has been an omnipresent concept in costs litigation since the Jackson Reforms came into play on 1 April 2013. Yet despite this omnipresence and importance, it is a concept...
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Blake Morgan appoints new property partner (2019)
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has announced the appointment of a new Partner, Zoe Wright, recruited to drive the growth of the firm's 20 person strong Property Litigation team. With...
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Local Authority Matters – July 2019
Boris is now in number 10, the weather is breaking all heat records and Brexit, the complete unknown, continues to hog Government airtime. You wouldn't be mistaken in thinking the...
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IEA release report for the Ongoing Review of the Operation of Justice in Wales
The Independent Expert Advisory (IEA) Committee for Ongoing Review of the Operation of Justice in Wales has just released its first report with a number of interesting observations and recommendations....
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HMRC clarify a point on the SDLT treatment of properties with self-contained annexes
The Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) treatment of properties with self-contained annexes is complicated, but HMRC have recently clarified one point. They confirmed on 23 July 2019 that, where the...
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Successful Lifetime Proprietary Estoppel Claim
In Guest v Guest [2019] the High Court dealt with a proprietary estoppel claim, brought whilst the parties were still alive. The claimant, Andrew Guest, brought an action against his...
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Employment Law newsletter – Summer 2019
A warm welcome to Blake Morgan's Summer newsletter, keeping you informed of the latest developments in Employment Law. The good weather has arrived and holidays plans have been made. That...
