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1954 Act comes under attack

The High Court has ruled that a landlord’s development scheme, contrived for the sole purpose of defeating a tenant’s security of tenure, allows a landlord to successfully oppose a tenant’s statutory request for a new lease....

Wills and Unmarried Couples

It is very common these days for people to live together in committed relationships but without marrying or becoming civil partners. People in this situation are strongly advised to make Wills providing for each other because the law does not recognise this...

Commercial Property - Questions and Answers

I am about to issue a claim against someone and I do not want that person to know my home address. Am I able to give my address as “care of” my solicitors? The general rule is that a claimant must state on the Claim Form an address at...

When does "or" not mean "or"?

A landlord’s notice was ruled not to have been validly served despite the lease apparently giving the landlord two alternative addresses for service. The case of Grimes v The Trustees of the Essex Farmers & Union Hunt is a case that has driven...

International Perspective: Brooklyn wins fight to preserve mural

A huge mural of The Notorious B.I.G on the side of a house in Brooklyn was set to be destroyed due to the owner’s plans to renovate the building. The owner, Samuel Berkowitz, had originally demanded $1,250 a month to keep the mural in place but...

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– Company Secretary - Supergroup PLC
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