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Apr

2020

Can an employee’s formal resignation be Impliedly withdrawn?

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Can an employee’s formal resignation be impliedly withdrawn by conduct, or can that only be achieved by explicit agreement? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) tackled that thorny issue in a case concerning a local authority manager who had second...

Apr

2020

Children born out of wedlock receive shares of £1.29 million Trust Fund

Written by Shelley Colling...

Few people nowadays care whether a child is born within wedlock, but the law is in some respects behind the times. In a ground-breaking ruling, however, the High Court has opened the way for illegitimate members of an extended family to receive...

Apr

2020

Channel Islands are not ‘Overseas Countries’ – Guideline Divorce Ruling

Written by Amanda Holland

The Channel Islands may be separated from the UK mainland by miles of water, but they are not overseas countries. In an unusual case, that simple fact was enough to defeat a woman’s claim for a pension-sharing order following her divorce in Jersey....

Apr

2020

High Court Refuses to Countenance COVID-19 Adjournment of Five-Week Trial

Written by Leanne Schneide...

The extent of judicial determination not to allow the COVID-19 pandemic to derail the wheels of justice was revealed by the High Court’s refusal to adjourn a five-week insolvency trial which is due to take place at the height of the crisis. The case...

Apr

2020

Moratorium on Commercial Evictions

Written by Sydney Mitchell

On 23 March 2020 and in a bid to ease the financial pressure on commercial tenants following the closure of all but essential shops in the UK, the Government placed a moratorium on a landlord’s ability to enforce its right for re-entry or forfeiture...

Apr

2020

Coronavirus Chaos: Pause, Proceed or Pull out of property transactions?

Written by Shilpa Roopen U...

Our Lender, Seller, Buyer, Landlord and Tenant clients are being forced to make unexpected decisions in these “unprecedented times”. So, what thought processes are they following, and what decisions are they making as a result of Covid-19? Pausing,...

Apr

2020

Son entitled to share of Family Farm

Written by Dean Parnell

Many farmers understandably wish to keep their businesses in the family after they are gone but that can be very difficult to achieve. The point was powerfully made by a Court of Appeal ruling which, whilst seeking to resolve a bitter feud between a...

Apr

2020

Extension of Time Limits during Coronavirus Pandemic

Written by Sydney Mitchell

In light of the ongoing pandemic and the need to balance the administration of justice whilst ensuring public health, a new practice direction, namely PD 51ZA, has been created which supplements the Civil Procedure Rules and extends time limits...

Apr

2020

Easter on the horizon – chocolate fix at the ready…

Written by Karen Moores

At Sydney Mitchell we are all looking forward to the lifting of the lockdown, not least our dedicated teams that are working from home and those who are on furlough. To welcome everyone back to their desks, the Easter Bunny will have made a visit...

Mar

2020

Stay of Possession Claims in light of Coronavirus Pandemic

Written by Sydney Mitchell

To ensure the administration of justice during these unprecedented times, the Master of the Rolls, who is a judge of the court of appeal, has created a new Practice Direction which came into force on 27 March 2020. The new addition, PD 51Z, places a...

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Hot Topics

Can an employee’s formal resignation be Impliedly withdrawn?

Children born out of wedlock receive shares of £1.29 million Trust Fund

Channel Islands are not ‘Overseas Countries’ – Guideline Divorce Ruling

High Court Refuses to Countenance COVID-19 Adjournment of Five-Week Trial

Moratorium on Commercial Evictions

Coronavirus Chaos: Pause, Proceed or Pull out of property transactions?

Son entitled to share of Family Farm

Extension of Time Limits during Coronavirus Pandemic

Easter on the horizon – chocolate fix at the ready…

Stay of Possession Claims in light of Coronavirus Pandemic

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