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Stranded assets risk grows as MEES compliance falters

The commercial real estate sector faces increased stranded asset risk as MEES compliance continues to slow

Local control over taxation in focus

The APPG on Local Government has initiated an inquiry aimed at fiscal devolution across England

Horton v Norman: High Court rejects money laundering defence in loan recovery disputes

Establishing money laundering in civil proceedings requires an irresistible inference that funds could only derive from crime, not merely suspicious circumstances.

NCA v GKC (No 2): open justice prevails over anonymity in unexplained wealth order proceedings

High Court rules that Article 8 privacy rights do not invert the starting point of open justice in contested UWO hearings.

Bourlakova v Bourlakov estate: High Court refuses expanded disclosure and defers partnership account to post-trial inquiry

Partnership account too complex for trial; remedies on counterclaims to follow separate accounting process

Thakrar v Secretary of State for Justice: Court of Appeal upholds lawfulness of long-term CSC segregation

Non-engagement with prison psychologists can justify prolonged segregation without breaching Articles 3 or 8 ECHR.

Howell v Pile Construction: mesothelioma claim fails on disputed asbestos exposure evidence

A claimant's case for damages arising from a mesothelioma diagnosis collapses after the court finds his recollections insufficient to establish asbestos exposure on the balance...

Pridewell Properties v Spirit Pub Company: landlord fails to establish redevelopment ground under 1954 Act

High Court dismisses appeal on funding evidence and redevelopment timing under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.