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To frack or not to frack?

As public awareness of fracking is rising, James Noble offers guidance to practitioners on identifying and advising on the potential risks for property owners.

Privacy and the Family Law Courts

The recent divorce case of Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton of All Saints fame, has thrown the issues of publicity and the press in the family courts into the spotlight.

A snowball effect?

Natasha Rees considers a case where precarious rights in leases and the test of the equivalence as set out in the 1993 Act came under the spotlight.

This article was first published in Property Law Journal issue 335 (October 2015).

New rules for Section 21 Notices

From 1 October 2015 the Deregulation Act provisions relating to retaliatory evictions will come into force.

A trustee's dilemma

To what length and at what point should trustees become involved in a divorce settlement involving a member of their trust.

Hard choices

Zahra Kanani looks at the lessons to be learned from NHS Foundation Trust v Mrs X [2014], which marks a shift in the court's attitute to 'the right to life'.

Thwaytes v Sotheby's

Judgment was handed down on 16 January 2015 in the Chancery case of Thwaytes v Sotheby's, in which Sotheby's was held not to have been negligent in its assessment of a painting.

Your insurance broker is here to help but how far will they go?

On any commercial property transaction that requires financing or refinancing, a secured lender will usually require a letter from the borrower's insurance broker as a condition to drawdown.

Out of time, out of mind

How limitation periods apply to financial mis-selling.

Alternative Dispute Resolution - is the Financial Ombudsman Service a viable alternative?

In this article we consider how attractive this alternative route to justice is for consumers with complaints against their financial services providers, and for those financial service providers.