News
Liquidity and disclosure in the funds industry: an open ended question?
The recent suspension of Neil Woodford’s Equity Income Fund to redemptions has put a spotlight on the asset management industry. With billions of pounds of investors’ money now trapped, many… Read more →
News
Transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive – Consultation Response: Wedlake Bell LLP
In April 2019, H M Treasury published its consultation concerning the government’s approach and its plans for the implementation of the EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) into national law.… Read more →
News
Capital Gains Tax: Private Residence Relief: changes to the ancillary reliefs -Consultation Response: Wedlake Bell LLP
On 1 April 2019, HM Revenue & Customs published its consultation concerning the changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and Private Residence Relief. Briefly, Budget 2018 announced that the final… Read more →
News
Baron & Others (4 Defective Divorces) [2019] EWFC 26 – Defective divorces judgment: Sir James Munby
On 4 April 2019, Sir James Munby (sitting as a Judge of the High Court), heard an application by the Queen’s Proctor for the setting aside of decree nisis (the… Read more →
Campaigns
Tomorrow’s City, Today’s Challenge
What’s it all about? The World Health Organisation predicted that by 2030 over 60% of the world’s population will live in cities. What will that mean for the built environment… Read more →
News
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill: second reading at the House of Commons on 25 June 2019
Currently, the Law in England and Wales for a divorce only allows “no fault” to be attributed to either party after a minimum period of two years since separation (the… Read more →
News
Disputing an Inheritance: Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Introduction The freedom to leave your estate to whom you wish is a hallmark of the law of succession in England and Wales. In contrast to most other European countries,… Read more →
Events
Creating the Modern Workplace for Financial Services
Our “Financial Firms Fit for the 21st Century” – F21 – seminar series, jointly launched by Wedlake Bell, Lanware, Orbium and Investment & Wealth Management Consultants (IAWMC), is hosting its… Read more →
Events
Pre-Development Roadblocks – How to get round them
This seminar will look at some of the common issues that can stop developments in their tracks, often before they have even started on site. Our property and construction teams… Read more →
Webinars
GDPR’s one year anniversary: experiences from the Netherlands, UK and Germany
In this webinar, three data protection lawyers from TELFA member law firms, will give an update on their experiences of the first twelve months of the GDPR and its enforcement… Read more →
Webinars
Employment update – 2018 so far
Before the summer holidays get into full swing, we take the opportunity to revisit some important employment law cases from the first half of 2018 and look at the learning… Read more →