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05
Jul 2023

The Importance of Heads of Terms in Commercial Transactions

In this article, Sarah Hemmings and Kyrran Dearnley-Porter in our Corporate and Commercial department explain what Heads of Terms (“HOT”) are and consider the benefits of both sides to a commercial transaction agreeing and executing Heads of Terms as a preliminary step. A HOT document, sometimes known as a Letter of Intent or Memorandum of…

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04
Jul 2023

Employee denied pay rise due to husband’s salary

Ms Jiang Ping (the Claimant) worked as a senior manager part-time role at the Respondent (James Duran’s & Sons Ltd) and has recently been successful in a claim for sex discrimination and victimisation after being denied a pay rise due to her husband’s salary. The Claimant commenced employment with the Respondent in 1998. In 2016…

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03
Jul 2023

Chadwick Lawrence supports the Leeds Rhinos Foundation and Aspire at their Tag Rugby Day

As part of our ongoing partnership with  Aspire and Leeds Rhinos Foundation, we recently supported them in a Touch Rugby event, on Monday 5 June 2023. The touch rugby event featured eight teams, each consisting of ten enthusiastic participants, totalling 80 individuals. The mixed-ability teams took part in the tag rugby tournament, including 14 from…

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30
Jun 2023

Reminder to Check Rights of Way and Covenants

A recent case has raised an essential reminder for conveyancers to ensure the rights of way and covenants are all clearly understood by buyers/occupiers/sellers prior to completion. Once completion has taken place, you are bound by any restrictive covenants applicable. Lack of knowledge of a covenant is not a defence to a breach of one…

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28
Jun 2023

Mergers and Acquisitions: Due Diligence

In this article, Sarah Hemmings and Kyrran Dearnley-Porter in our Corporate and Commercial department discuss the importance of due diligence for buyers and sellers.   Due diligence – what is it? Due diligence is a crucial part of an asset or share purchase that involves conducting a thorough investigation into a business, before entering into…

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27
Jun 2023

Unjust Enrichment

Re: Barton & Ors v Morris & Anor [2023] UKSC 3  The factual background to the dispute and the legal question at hand in this matter is deceptively simple: namely, when the seller of a property has agreed with a third party that an introduction fee will be paid if a buyer is found who…

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