The Renters’ Rights Bill is expected to become law in 2025 and is likely to take effect in late 2025, with the new tenancy system potentially being in place by the summer. The Government hopes to have the new tenancy system in place by summer 2025.
Understand your rights if probate feels wrong. Learn about transparency, executor misconduct, and when to challenge a Will.
Learn how to challenge a Will if a relative was pressured into making changes. Get expert legal advice on proving undue influence.
Latest blog from Head of Dispute Resolution, Parveen Sidhu, looks at the latest new No-Fault Evictions Law, and the changes and implications for both tenants and landlords.
Read our insights on resolving boundary disputes effectively, with a focus on understanding title plans, communication, and legal strategies.
Practical advice for directors and shareholders on resolving disputes to safeguard business health and performance. Seek legal guidance for effective solutions.
Learn how to handle director disputes effectively to maintain business stability and protect your company’s reputation.
Unfortunately, in the world of work and business, problems and issues can occur between parties. This can lead to a souring of relations between businesses and their customers or employers and their employees. This is why having the right documentation in place can help to quickly end any potential dispute and avoid costly and lengthy litigation battles.
Everyone has the right to decide what should happen to their assets and possessions when they die. They should be able to make these decisions freely as part of their Will – and without unwarranted or biased influences from family, friends or others, hoping to secure an inheritance.
Every business will experience problems with late or non-payers at some point during its trading life. This can be time consuming and frustrating when what you really want to do is just get on with what your business does best. But how long do you have to negotiate? Can you take court action to recover monies owed? If so, when is the right time?
‘With great power comes great responsibility.’ This is an old adage that some say dates back to the first century BC, and which is as relevant today as it was at the time it was first conceived.
It is particularly relevant in the context of companies, where a director is given authority and control in respect of a company’s affairs, but where there are corresponding duties designed to ensure that these powers are exercised in a sound way.
It tends to be only in Hollywood movies that a Will is read aloud, usually for dramatic effect where the contents of the Will are unexpected and lead to the sort of tensions which create a good plot. For example, in the 2019 film ‘Knives Out’ the patriarch cuts his entire family out of his Will in favour of his caregiver.
While such dramatic events are unusual in real life, it is becoming increasingly common for disputes over Wills to arise, particularly where someone who expected to inherit has been excluded or where the provision made for them is less than they had hoped to receive.
It is not uncommon for commercial landlords and tenants to disagree about the extent to which repair, redecoration and reinstatement obligations have been complied with when a lease comes to an end. Disputes of this nature are known as a ‘dilapidations claim’.
It is widely acknowledged that it can be faster, cheaper and more beneficial to commercial parties if a business dispute can be resolved outside of court, or at least outside of a formal trial. There are many ways that this can be achieved, including through a variety of tried and tested alternative dispute resolution processes (referred to as ‘ADR’ for short).
‘Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake,’ said Napoleon Bonaparte, and many a business advantage has been achieved by not pointing out a mistake or an omission by the other side in a deal or negotiation. But what can you do if you do notice that a mistake or omission has been made and this is to your detriment?
If your business finds out that it agreed to enter a commercial contract based on factual or legal statements that now turn out to be untrue, what can you do? It may be possible for you to bring the contract to an end and to claim compensation for any losses that you have sustained.
It is not unusual for business contracts to include a provision which requires compensation to be paid, by one party to another, in the event that certain terms are not complied with. But are you obliged to make payment under such a provision where a breach has arguably caused no discernable harm or where the amount being sought appears to be excessive?
Our litigators review two recent High Court decisions which give landlords the green light to sue for Covid-related rent arrears in appropriate cases
Where a dispute arises in business, it is always preferable if it can be resolved without the need to go to court. That is why an increasing number of commercial contracts include an alternative dispute resolution process that must be followed…
With the UK economy currently showing signs of recession, disputes between landlords and tenants are beginning to rise as pressure mounts on commercial occupiers to find ways to diversify and slash overheads in order to survive post-Covid.
