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    Considering the recent Court of Appeal decision on the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

    Listen to Joanne Wicks KC and Benjamin Faulkner on our latest #WilberforceWebchat as they consider a recent Court of Appeal decision on the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. The case provides helpful guidance about the grounds of opposition to the... Read more

    Joanne Wicks KC | Benjamin Faulkner
    Tuesday 17 October 2023

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    Use and abuse of undertakings in 1954 Act ground (f) cases

    Robert Payne (Senior Associate at CMS) and Ben Faulkner speak about using and abusing undertakings in ground (f) cases.  

    Benjamin Faulkner
    Tuesday 14 March 2023

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    Concurrent forfeiture and 1954 Act oppositions

    Ben Faulkner discusses how landlord’s forfeiture claims might be brought concurrently with a 1954 Act opposition to a new lease under grounds (a), (b), or (c).  

    Benjamin Faulkner
    Wednesday 1 March 2023

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    Fearn v Tate [2023] UKSC 4

    Joanne Wicks KC and Daniel Petrides discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Fearn and others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4.  

    Joanne Wicks KC | Daniel Petrides
    Monday 6 February 2023

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    Proprietary estoppel after Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27

    John McGhee KC and Daniel Petrides discuss the Supreme Court’s recent re-casting of the law of proprietary estoppel in Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27. 

    John McGhee KC | Daniel Petrides
    Monday 14 November 2022

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    Does TUPE automatically transfer pension benefit obligations?

    David Pollard discusses in a Pensions Technical Bite whether private sector pension schemes are excluded from transfer under TUPE. Pointing to both (a) the wording of TUPE (referring to only employer obligations) and (b) the KIrtruna case in the European Court,... Read more

    David Pollard
    Tuesday 23 August 2022

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    Bank of New York Mellon v Cine-UK Limited & Picturehouse Cinemas Limited v London Trocadero (CA): Do commercial tenants have to pay rent while they were forced to close during the pandemic?

    The Court of Appeal hatnded down judgement in Bank of New York Mellon v Cine-UK Limited & Picturehouse Cinemas Limited v London Trocadero (2015) LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 1021, dismissing the appeals, and confirming that rent is payable in full during the... Read more

    Benjamin Faulkner
    Wednesday 27 July 2022

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    Davies-Gilbert v Goacher: The right to develop under a restrictive covenant

    Developments for Developers – John McGhee KC and Alice Hawker discuss the recent case of Davies-Gilbert v Goacher and Chester  [2022] EWHC 969 regarding restrictive covenants requiring consent to develop property, and when it is reasonable to withhold consent. The case offers interesting practical insights for... Read more

    John McGhee KC | Alice Hawker
    Thursday 14 July 2022

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    Disposals in administration [Part 2]: When is an evaluator independent?

    David Pollard and Thomas Robinson have recorded our latest WebChat which discusses new restrictions on sales and other disposals in administration under paragraph 60A of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc to Connected Persons) Regulations... Read more

    David Pollard | Thomas Robinson
    Monday 14 March 2022

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    Disposals in administration [Part 1]: Who is “connected”?

    David Pollard and Thomas Robinson have recorded our latest WebChat which discusses new restrictions on sales and other disposals in administration under paragraph 60A of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc to Connected Persons) Regulations... Read more

    David Pollard | Thomas Robinson
    Monday 28 February 2022

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    What’s the Broad Idea? Freezing injunctions in the Privy Council

    John McGhee KC and Daniel Petrides discuss the important recent decision of the Privy Council in Broad Idea International Ltd v Convoy Collateral Ltd (British Virgin Islands) [2021] UKPC 24 on the scope of injunctive relief.

    John McGhee KC | Daniel Petrides
    Tuesday 8 February 2022

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    The Commercial Rents Arbitration Scheme: The insolvency law perspective

    Sri Carmichael and Jessica Brooke get to grips with the new Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill and how it works from an insolvency perspective.

    Sri Carmichael | Jessica Brooke
    Thursday 18 November 2021

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