Commercial

Articles

18 Aug 2009

Got it covered?

Insurance provisions are one of the key issues to discuss when negotiating a commercial lease, whether acting for landlords or tenants, says Natasha Dunn

11 Aug 2009

Philanthropist's contested will ruling only tip of rise in probate disputes

The children of a wealthy book lover have succeeded in their claim to her estate as the High Court found that she could not have made a will naming the son of her carer as sole beneficiary.

11 Aug 2009

Update: tax and trusts

David Bird explains the new system of tax appeals, and looks at recent cases on trusts, inheritance tax and capital gains tax and a new disclosure opportunity for offshore accounts

11 Aug 2009

Update: commercial property

Milton McIntosh considers cases on lease agreements, the interpretation of rent review provisions, arbitrations, authorised guarantee agreements, surrenders and break notices

4 Aug 2009

Smokers cannot claim 'human right' to smoke, Court of Appeal decides

Smokers claiming they have a 'human right' to use tobacco have been dealt a blow by the Court of Appeal.

4 Aug 2009

Friends in high places

'Diversification' is a buzz word very much in vogue at the moment. It is important to have a diverse profession, a diverse judiciary, and presumably diverse participants in the whole jolly thing, without whom we are all twiddling our thumbs and fiddling with paperclips. Curiously, everybody feels that they are on the wrong end of diversification, except for (almost) the very people without whom we are all twiddling our thumbs and fiddling with paperclips.

4 Aug 2009

Read between the lines

The European Court of Justice decision that computer processes which read and make temporary copies of published work should be regarded as breaching copyright is illogical, says Paul Stanley

28 Jul 2009

LSC abandons "reckless" push to extend BVT across country but pilot remains

The LSC has abandoned plans to extend best value tendering of criminal legal aid across the country only months after the launch of a pilot scheme in Manchester, Bristol and Somerset.