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View our subscription optionsOften, a claimant seeking a county court judgment does not use the correct legal entity on the application. For instance, they might not realise that the company has a legal name registered with Companies House that is different to the trading name. Companies House If in doubt, check the legal name of the company, along […]
By Stephen Cowan Court actions can be separated into two distinct categories, determined by the level of debt being recovered: a) Simple procedure – actions for recovery of sums up to £5,000 b) Ordinary action – actions for recovery of sums in excess of £5,000 In Scotland, a creditor can seek recovery of interest at […]
By David Asker At present, if a landlord needs to regain possession of their property, then Section 21 is the way forward unless they are prepared to gather and supply proof for a section 8 eviction, which can be time consuming and frustrating. Section 8 Section 8 grounds for eviction can be used for rent […]
By Jeremy Frost What is a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA)? The process of Voluntary Arrangement is a further result of the Insolvency Act 1986. Although only seven sections cover their formation, describing what they are is very much dependent on your experience of them. At the time of writing, the procedure is being used regularly […]
By David Asker If the debtor liquidates whilst you are obtaining the writ, can enforcement commence? Unfortunately, if the debtor goes into liquidation, we are unable to carry out enforcement. If a creditor has not asked for interest after judgment in the original claim and original agreement, then interest cannot be added. Is this correct? The […]
After Brexit, current rules on jurisdiction and enforcement will no longer apply in the UK. It could take years to accede to the Lugano Convention, so what happens in the meantime?
By John Hamer, Debbie Jackson, Richard Naish, Daniel O’Gorman November’s news Investment Association publishes updated Principles of Remuneration On 1 November 2019, the Investment Association (IA) published updated Principles of Remuneration which set out investor expectations and best practice for executive remuneration. BEIS publishes recommendations following collapse of Thomas Cook On 4 November 2019, the […]
By Martin Scott, Paul Hargreaves On 5 December 2019 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment following appeals against the decision of HHJ Stephen Davies in Zagora Management Ltd v Zurich Insurance Plc [2019] EWHC 140 (TCC). Save in one important respect, the Court of Appeal’s judgment essentially upheld the decision of HHJ Davies […]
Despite a recent survey suggesting channelisation in Portugal is moving in the right direction, one regulated operator wants the threat posed by unlicensed sites treated as a cyber crime. EGR Compliance puts the country’s online gambling market under the spotlight to investigate the extent of this scourge. Practically every regulated online gambling market faces unwanted […]
By Sofia Ribeiro Branco Law No. 83/2017 of 18 August, which establishes preventive and repressive measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, provides for the obligation to abstain from obliged entities (namely banking institutions) when they know or suspect that the operations may be associated with funds or other assets arising from or related […]
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Find out moreAlmost half of all the lawyers at the companies in the current FTSE350 that have a UK-based in-house legal team work in the banking and finance sector, The Lawyer can reveal. According to data compiled for the new FTSE350 report, 40 per cent of the lawyers tracked at in-house teams in the UK work for […]
Firms serious about bagging the best graduate talent should take a look at Clifford Chance A few years back, a bunch of firms set up events for first-year law undergraduates – a group long ignored on the milkround in favour of second and third-years. We predicted what seemed like the obvious conclusion: the war for […]
A pair of US firms have advised on the takeover bid of haulage company Eddie Stobart as its shareholders have approved its rescue by asset manager DBAY Advisors. King & Spalding’s London corporate partners William Charnley and Marcus Young advised Eddie Stobart, which had to secure £55m bailout funding from Douglas Bay Advisors, on the […]
South African firm ENSafrica and Allen & Overy are leading on the business recovery of one of Africa’s largest airlines, South African Airways, saving it from collapse. ENSafrica’s chairman Michael Katz is leading for the airline on behalf of the National Treasury of South Africa, which manages its national economic policy. South African Airways is […]
Jones Day is to shut its doors in Moscow, The Lawyer understands, after setting up in Russia 16 years ago. The decision means the US firm will no longer have a fixed presence in the country, with the closure expected later this year. Jones Day initially entered the Russian legal market back in 2003, with a total […]
Mayer Brown’s managing partner Jeremy Clay is backing a new global innovation plan to trial new technologies.
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