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Reed Smith opens new office in Boston

Reed Smith launches its new office in Boston to bolster its private equity and finance services

Howard Kennedy boosts real estate team

Howard Kennedy has appointed Paul Moran as a Partner, enhancing its Real Estate team and offerings

Car-Wizard v Vixen Surface Treatments: misrepresentation, collateral contracts and a second-hand lathe sold as new

A car wheel repair business succeeds in claims for breach of collateral contract and negligent misrepresentation after acquiring a defective diamond-cutting lathe via hire purchase.

HMRC v Boehringer Ingelheim: Upper Tribunal rejects pharmaceutical VAT rebate claims

Payments under voluntary pricing schemes do not reduce taxable amount of medicine supplies.

Barbican Quarter Organisation Limited v City of London Corporation: EIA functional separation and demolition avoidance policy

High Court dismisses judicial review of London Wall West planning permission despite finding a breach of reg. 64(2) of the EIA Regulations 2017.

HMRC v O'Neill Wetsuits: Upper Tribunal classifies neoprene wetsuits as textile garments

The Upper Tribunal overturns FTT ruling, finding double-sided neoprene panels fall within Chapter 61.

Titchfield Festival Theatre: Court of Appeal clarifies the counter-factual hypothesis in section 57(4) enforcement reversions

A planning inspector's reliance on new planning unit reasoning to defeat a section 57(4) reverter right was unlawful where that unit arose from the very...

Manchester City Council v Tabbasam: non-receipt of improvement notice can constitute reasonable excuse

A landlord who never received an improvement notice may have a reasonable excuse for non-compliance.