Dispute
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The recent High Court judgment in a challenge to Debenhams’ CVA (Company Voluntary Arrangement) demonstrates the extent to which CVAs can affect the terms of a lease. A Company Voluntary...
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96% of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK regularly experience commercial disputes, according to new research released today by dispute resolution specialist, Escalate. The research also reveals that commercial...
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By the end of 2021, a quarter of UK households will rent privately. That’s approximately 5.8 million households renting, due to the combination of soaring house prices and salaries remaining...
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Distributing the estate of someone who has died is a process that sadly often results in legal disputes between family and friends. This is particularly the case if they feel...
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Ashtons Legal is partnering with regional accountancy firm Price Bailey to deliver a new service which will give East Anglian businesses an alternative, cost-effective way of resolving business disputes. This...
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With the Cambridge Beer Festival kicking off this week, what better time to delve into the commercial property issues facing the Pub industry? To start off the series, we are...
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New legislation has come in to force that will affect all landlords, whether they are private or social. What is it? The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 is...
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Property markets are fast moving and high pressure environments and it can be difficult, given the pace of business, to ensure all of the ‘housekeeping’ is completed at the correct...
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Few businesses enjoy the global success and brand recognition of McDonalds and there is nothing more synonymous with the fast food giant than their very own Big Mac. At least...
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If you or your business are facing a dispute, your first telephone call may well be to your legal advisors. Your next internal email to a colleague however could cause...
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In recent months, there has been a growing interest in the way businesses are using a particular type of insolvency prevention procedure – known as a Company Voluntary Agreement –...
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High profile inheritance disputes follow celebrities and the super-rich as surely as night follows day, but such challenges to Wills (and intestacies) are becoming increasingly common, whatever the values involved....
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