With a number of major legal and practical changes to the construction industry recently, together with the recent challenges faced by the wider community generally, Michael Hiscock has been looking forward to receiving the JCT 2024 contracts for some time to see how these issues were addressed.

We wanted to explore what a Labour government will now deliver for planning and take a look at what was promised in Labours manifesto specifically relating to housing and the planning sector.

Those who have suffered injury as a result of a failure to receive the correct medical treatment will welcome the Harmed Patient Pathway which encompasses commitments put forward by Action Against Medical Accidents and the Harmed Patients Alliance. The proposed Pathway provides guidance to NHS staff when faced with a patient who has been harmed when under their care.

Under the Inheritance Act (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, individuals wishing to make a claim under the Act must do so within 6 months from the date of the issue of the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration. However, matters are not always straightforward and the 6-month limit can be missed for various reasons.

You have worked hard to build up your business and finally ‘cash in your chips’ by selling. Or possibly you are still on the ‘escalator’ and buy another business to add to your burgeoning empire.

Post 31 October 2019 we are still unclear what Brexit means and when it will impact. Current options include a hard Brexit, a soft Brexit or even no Brexit. This means businesses need to plan for both a hard Brexit and a soft Brexit.

It seems that this case has been rumbling through the courts for a very long time; not least, because the subject matter to which it relates has not only been considered by the courts in high profile pensions cases a number of times.

National Car Parks Limited (“NCP”) have had their appeal dismissed in the recent Court of Appeal decision (National Car Parks Ltd v Revenue And Customs [2019] EWCA Civ 854)

On 6 April 2016 Part 21A and Schedule 1A to the Companies Act 2006 (“CA 2006”) came into force.

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