7 April 2022
Head of Family, Jo Edwards, has been invited to appear across multiple broadcast channels this week to discuss the introduction of no fault divorce in England and Wales.
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5 April 2022
Head of Family, Jo Edwards, has been quoted in The Guardian (4 April 2022) on the advent of no fault divorce, which will become law on 6 April. Under the new legislation, either or both parties to the marriage may apply to the court for an order which dissolves the marriage on the ground that it has broken down irretrievably.
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4 April 2022
Planning Counsel, Matthew Evans, has written for Opportunity London – New London Architecture’s brand new website, launched in partnership with Mayor of London, City of London Corporation, London Councils and London & Partners.
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4 April 2022
Dispute Resolution Partner, Caroline Harbord, has been quoted in the Law360 article entitled 'FX Rigging Ruling Signals Shift In Approach To Class Actions'.
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31 March 2022
The government has recommitted to scrapping section 106 and replacing it with a new infrastructure levy, with further details on the long-awaited planning reforms to be revealed in the Queen’s speech on May 10th.
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29 March 2022
Corporate Partner, Stuart Hatcher, has spoken to the Independent about Brentford's golden share deal, which he drew up in 2012, and how he believes Chelsea’s new bosses should look to do something similar.
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29 March 2022
We anticipate that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 – now law but not yet in force – will be triggered and brought into force within the next six months. Effectively, this abolishes the ability to charge ground rents where developers are selling flats or houses on long leases.
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23 March 2022
Attention has recently focused on the Dec. 9, 2021, decision of Master Richard Davison in the Queen's Bench Division to order compulsory alternative dispute resolution between the parties in a high-value contentious claim under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978, albeit by consent.
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22 March 2022
Corporate partner, Elizabeth Small, has written for Taxation, looking at the Revenue and Customs Brief 2/2022.
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18 March 2022
The UK government has announced that it will introduce a further Economic Crime Bill, in addition to the one currently working its way through parliament, to bring in new powers to seize cryptoassets and to extend existing civil forfeiture powers to them.
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