To rely on a personal guarantee, make sure you tell the missus
The Message: Banks may face difficulties enforcing personal guarantees
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Read moreVictoria Edwards is quoted in Property in Practice, June 2011.
Download PDFReview and inform: discuss a case that emphasises the high standards the courts expect from trustees towards beneficiaries. First published in Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, June 2011.
Download PDFWhen is a building self-contained? Purchasing the freehold of a building can have added complexities when the building concerned is a mansion block. First published in Property Law Journal, 13 June 2011.
Download PDFThe Message: An employer is not generally liable for the unlawful acts of an independent contractor.
The Case: The court considered which parties the claimant could sue and what damages could be recovered, for damage caused to manufacturing equipment by dust during building works in Tinseltime v Roberts and others.
Read morePublished in Charities Appeals Supplement, Summer 2011.
Download PDFThe Message: Failure to comply with the strict requirements of a contract may be fatal.
The Case: The Court of Appeal has decided whether a buyer of development land can rely on a technical breach to free itself from an uncommercial contract in Barratt London North v JM Rowe Investments (12.05.11).
Read moreZahra Kanani charts recent developments in tax policy. First published in Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, May 2011.
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