We were recently instructed by one of our long-standing manufacturing clients in a dispute regarding unpaid invoices. The client is a subsidiary company of a large engineering group based locally.

Earlier this summer, the Department for International Trade launched a mentoring scheme in partnership with AHDB and the NFU with the aim of matching an experienced exporter with a farmer or food producer keen to explore export markets for their produce.

There is no generally accepted definition of overage. Rather, it is a term used to describe a situation where a seller, in certain circumstances, is entitled to share in an increase in the value of land which is realised post completion of the sale.

The Building Safety Act 2022 continues to have a dramatic effect on the property and construction industry. You may be aware of the initial headline coming out of the Act that liability periods for defective/unsafe premises have been extended to 30 years for existing buildings and 15 years for new builds.

In light of the ongoing impact of COVID-19, we have already provided a series of articles and other material on what is meant by force majeure and frustration?

The recent case of Sadd v Brown highlights the need to ensure that a lease clearly and expressly states exactly what a landlord can recover as the courts will be reluctant to imply a term to cure what would otherwise be considered a defective lease.

A question that we are often asked is “How do you identify what is a landlord’s fixture and what is a tenant’s fixture?” This becomes particularly important to the parties at the end of a lease. Who the fixtures are attributed to can have a very significant impact on the way they should be treated.

Even our leisure activities do not escape the long arm of regulation. There are many horse owners who will be caught by various regulations when they transport their horses.

Renting farm land: Tenants of agricultural and rural land will almost always be obliged to pay a rent to their landlord for their occupation of the land. The obligation to pay rent will form one of the tenant’s overhead costs.

An often quoted rule in litigation proceedings is “there is no property in a witness”. Put simply, just because one party to proceedings has taken a statement from a witness does not prevent the other party from also seeking to do so.