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6 02, 2025

Update on EPC asset ratings

By |2025-02-06T11:06:40+00:00February 6th, 2025|Real Estate, Real Estate|

Update on EPC asset ratings Discover the key changes the government is considering for raising the minimum EPC asset rating and what this means for landlords. The below summary highlights, on a concise basis rather than an in-depth analysis, the changes. A. EPC rating The government, under its mandate, is looking to increase the minimum EPC asset rating for properties [...]

3 02, 2025

Unfair Prejudice?

By |2025-02-03T11:25:32+00:00February 3rd, 2025|Corporate|

Unfair Prejudice? In the absence of any recourse under the articles of association or any shareholders’ agreement, aggrieved shareholders are often reminded of their rights under s.994 of the Companies Act 2006 to apply to the court for relief if they suffer unfair prejudice. The court has wide powers and the potential respondents, while usually the other shareholders, could include [...]

30 01, 2025

Relief for leaseholders – the “two-year” rule is no more

By |2025-01-30T10:21:30+00:00January 30th, 2025|Real Estate|

Relief for leaseholders – the “two-year” rule is no more Provided that certain qualifying conditions are met, long leaseholders of houses and flats are entitled either to purchase the freehold of their building or extend their leases pursuant to the provisions of either the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 or the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. Those rights [...]

21 01, 2025

The age of legal reform in the property sector – is the 1954 Act next?

By |2025-01-21T16:22:09+00:00January 21st, 2025|Dispute Resolution, Real Estate|

The age of legal reform in the property sector – is the 1954 Act next? On the 19th November 2024, the Law Commission published its Consultation Paper (the “Paper”), which concerns Part 2 of the landlord and tenant Act 1954 (or as it is well known : “the 54 Act”). The Law Commission considers, for a variety of reasons, that [...]

15 01, 2025

What did you call me?  The implications of being a de facto director

By |2025-01-20T12:16:44+00:00January 15th, 2025|Corporate|

What did you call me?  The implications of being a de facto director Firstly, what is a de facto director?  In Re Hydrodam (Corby) Ltd [1994] 2 BCLC 180, Millett J said: "A de facto director is a person who assumes to act as a director. He is held out as a director by the company, and claims and purports to [...]

19 12, 2024

Sole Director Resolutions: High Court rulings and implications

By |2024-12-23T08:52:33+00:00December 19th, 2024|Corporate|

Since Re Active Wear Ltd [2022] EWHC 2340 (Ch) challenged the decision in Hashmi v Lorimer-Wing [2022] EWHC 191 (Ch)  (also known as Re Fore Fitness Investments Holdings Ltd), the general consensus has been that, where a company has adopted unamended model articles, Model Article 11(2) does not have the effect of requiring the company to have more than one [...]

28 11, 2024

Court of Appeal clarifies how to obtain a freezing injunction

By |2024-11-28T13:02:52+00:00November 28th, 2024|Dispute Resolution|

What does a ‘good arguable case’ mean in the context of a freezing injunction? In the recent case of dos Santos -v- Unitel SA, [1] the Court of Appeal clarified this key threshold test for obtaining a freezing injunction. What are freezing injunctions? A freezing injunction[2] is a discretionary remedy which prevents the respondent from disposing of or dealing with [...]

25 11, 2024

I Saw The Sign – A Useful Reminder Concerning Rights of Way

By |2024-11-25T13:25:48+00:00November 25th, 2024|Real Estate|

That peaceful pathway that you have used as a shortcut every day on your walk home from work might seem convenient and easy to navigate, but it may just turn into a maze of legalities. In a decision earlier this year in Nicholson and Another v Hale and Another, the Upper Tribunal considered whether a small sign put up by the [...]

25 11, 2024

Share buybacks – what does fully paid mean?

By |2024-11-25T13:05:11+00:00November 25th, 2024|Corporate|

Under s.691(1) of the Companies Act 2006, a limited company may not purchase its own shares unless they are fully paid. But does this extend to the premium or does it only apply to the nominal value of the shares to be repurchased? What does fully paid mean? In the absence of any clarification in the Companies Act 2006 as [...]

11 11, 2024

The change from BRPs to eVisas – what you need to do

By |2024-11-11T12:16:50+00:00November 11th, 2024|Immigration|

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are developing a digital immigration system. This means they are replacing physical documents with an online record of your immigration status, known as an eVisa. So with the change from BRPs to eVisas, what do you need to do? Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) are being phased out from 1 January 2025 to be replaced with [...]

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