Legal Updates

May

2020

Debt-laden hotel developer fails to fend off insolvency proceedings

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Deeds must be both signed and witnessed in order to be valid – but does a failure to meet that requirement render them not worth the paper they are written on? In opening the way for insolvency proceedings to be brought against a hotel developer,...

May

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...

May

2020

COVID-19: new measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and enforcement action

Written by Leanne Schneide...

On 23 April 2020, the government announced that it will introduce further emergency measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and other enforcement action by landlords in addition to those already introduced by the...

Apr

2020

How does the Furlough Scheme interact with the Insolvency regime?

Written by Leanne Schneide...

The government’s ‘furlough’ scheme is an unprecedented means of saving jobs and viable businesses in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis – but how does it interact with the insolvency regime? The High Court addressed that issue in the context of a...

Apr

2020

Bank fends off liability for Medical Examiner’s alleged sexual assaults

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

The distinction between employees and independent contractors is replete with grey areas but could hardly be more important. The Supreme Court gave authoritative guidance on the issue in ruling on the case of numerous bank workers who claimed to...

Apr

2020

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

Written by Leanne Schneide...

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

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

The Coronavirus Effect

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Focus has been on the sales of toilet paper, hand sanitiser and self-isolation, but consideration had to be given to the overall affect that the virus was having on businesses themselves and the potential risks to businesses facing a downturn in...

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Legal Updates

Debt-laden hotel developer fails to fend off insolvency proceedings

High Court refuses to countenance COVID-19 adjournment of five-week trial

COVID-19: new measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and enforcement action

How does the Furlough Scheme interact with the Insolvency regime?

Bank fends off liability for Medical Examiner’s alleged sexual assaults

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?

Easter on the horizon – chocolate fix at the ready…

The Coronavirus Effect

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