Wedlake Bell Insights

    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: Year four onwards

    I have been UK resident for longer than four years, and am claiming the remittance basis. What should I be thinking about? In his Spring Budget of 6 March 2024, the Chancellor announced material changes to the treatment of UK

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Update on the register of overseas entities (“ROE”)

    Have you filed your 2024 ROE update statement? What do the March 2024 ROE regulations mean for you? If you have real estate in Scotland, are you ready for 1 April 2024? The ROE – one (and a bit) years

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    • Bulletins
    • Mar 6, 2024

    Frost v Good Box Co Ltd Remuneration

    Jeremy Charles Frost & Anor v The Good Box Co Labs Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 422 (Ch) is a rare case about office-holders’ remuneration that raises some interesting points, although one at least is specific to the nature of the

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    • Bulletins
    • Feb 27, 2024

    Changes to family friendly rights: 2024 roundup

    New year, new rights. 2024 has brought in several changes to family friendly legislation and employers will need to keep up to date with developments to flexible working, redundancy protections, paternity leave and new rights for carer’s leave and leave

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    • Building Safety Act
    • Feb 23, 2024

    When will it be just and equitable to make a remediation contribution order under section 124 of the Building Safety Act 2022?

    The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) gives the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) the power to make a Remediation Contribution Order (RMO) against a wide range of parties to contribute to the costs of remedying relevant defects under Section 124 of the

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    • Bulletins
    • Feb 22, 2024

    Loveridge v Povey & Ors

    The recent judgment of HHJ Richard Williams, sitting as a High Court Judge, in Loveridge v Povey & Ors  [2024] EWHC 329 (Ch) deals with what he described as  a bitter dispute over the Loveridge family business. The business concerned was

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    • Building Safety Act
    • Feb 22, 2024

    Update: Olympic east village and the battle for the moral high ground

    Key takeaways from article: Becoming the parent company of a developer through acquisition is sufficient for a party to be viewed as an ‘associated person’ – potentially making them liable for costs. The Tribunal may consider it is ‘just and

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    • Building Safety Act
    • Feb 20, 2024

    Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA): Building safety cases and reports

    Introduction The requirement for a Building Safety Case and Safety Case Report falls under Section 85 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). It is one of a number of responsibilities introduced by the BSA and is directly relevant to

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    • Building Safety Act
    • Feb 20, 2024

    Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA): Mandatory occurrence reporting for higher risk buildings (hrbs) during construction

    Under the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 there is now a responsibility on the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor responsible for HRBs to carry out Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR) where appropriate. Which buildings are affected? An HRB is a building

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    • Building Safety Act
    • Feb 20, 2024

    Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA): Works to hospitals and care homes

    Potential areas for misunderstanding are emerging as the construction industry gets to grips with the Building Safety Act (BSA). It is now generally understood that hospitals and care homes are excluded from the BSA’s occupation phase requirements even if the

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