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Pavilion Row appoints new director internally

Pavilion Row has appointed Will Morris as Director to promote its internal talent and specialist services

Gateley Legal advises Sports Tours International

Gateley Legal has successfully assisted Sports Tours International in acquiring Golfbreaks, enhancing STI's market presence and strategy

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.