Legal
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JP Whitter (Waterwells Engineers) Ltd v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
Taxation – Proportionality – Registration for gross payment — Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Finance Act 2004 – Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) Regulations 2005 – Appellant’s registration for…
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Addleshaw Goddard and HBJ confirm merger
The partners of Addleshaw Goddard and HBJ Gateley have voted to merge their businesses, creating the UK’s 15th-largest legal firm
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Surrey County Council v Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council
Road traffic – Traffic regulation order – Consultation process – Claimants challenging traffic regulation order made by defendants – Whether defendants failing to consult – Whether defendants failing to take…
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Surrey County Council v Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council
Road traffic Traffic regulation order
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Courts cannot make contracts for parties by implying terms, if a bargain has yet to be concluded
The question of whether a term should be implied into a contract arises when an agreement does not expressly provide for what is to happen when some event occurs.
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Keep calm and carry on fracking
With fracking making headlines again, Martin Edwards offers a landowner’s guide to managing protests on controversy-hit sites
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Goldsworthy and others (t/a Goldsworthy Builders) v Harrison and another
Construction – Adjudication – Jurisdiction – Dispute as to amounts due under building contract – Contractor applying for summary judgment to enforce adjudicator’s decision – Whether parties agreeing contract terms…
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A morality tale for our times
The Supreme Court has changed the law regarding the enforceability of illegal transactions.
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C2 or not C2? That is the question
Carl Dyer discusses the need for C2 developments and how to ensure they are not subject to C3 affordable housing policies
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Bribery: Keeping your hands clean
Firms must keep anti-bribery procedures effective and up-to date, or risk paying the price, write Suzanne Gill and Edward Craft
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Retail of the unexpected
Jessica Walker surveys the retail landscape, identifies the major question marks looming over the sector and addresses what can be done to adapt to a volatile, challenging and unpredictable market