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Aug 2023
With certain exceptions, sections 61 and 63 of the Housing Act 2004 require a house in multiple occupation (HMO) to be licensed by the local housing authority. Under section 72 of the Housing Act 2004, a person commits an offence if they are in control of or managing an unlicensed HMO or otherwise fail to…
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Aug 2023
A covenant is an agreement in a deed by which one party promises to another that they will either do or not do something. A deed is a written agreement that is signed in a particular way. When the covenant concerns land, the party making the promise is imposing a burden on servient land and…
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Aug 2023
The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act creates a statutory right for third parties to an insurance contract to claim against insurance companies where the insured has gone insolvent. Its main aims were to address the shortcomings of the 1930 Act, an example of one of those shortcomings being that in the 1930 Act, the…
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Aug 2023
Does a disagreement over a venue for a work Christmas party amount to discriminatory conduct? No, held the tribunal in the recent case of Mrs C Palladino v Reed in Partnership Ltd. In this case, the Claimant (Mrs C Palladino) worked for the Respondent (Reed in Partnership Ltd) as an HR advisor. At the time…
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Jul 2023
General overview In the commercial courts of England and Wales, it is long-established that the general principle on costs recoverability is that costs should ‘follow the event’, meaning that the winner in litigation will generally recover their legal costs from the losing party. Costs awards and the amount of the award are ultimately subject to…
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Jul 2023
As reported in recent days by mainstream media, firms offering ‘quickie’ will writing services and divorces are being investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following numerous complaints. The CMA intends to examine online divorce services which have become more popular since lockdown as well as complaints that vulnerable customers were pressured into signing…
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