Wedlake Bell Insights

    • Globally Speaking
    • Aug 5, 2024

    Government clarifies non-dom policy: What do we know now?

    Please note that this article was published before the non-dom legislation was finalised and brought into force on 6 April 2025. In this “stop press” edition of our Globally Speaking e-bulletin, we provide an update on how the publication of

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    • Insights
    • Jul 30, 2024

    Employment issues – What can I say?

    What an individual can say in circumstances concerning any ‘issues’ they may have faced in their employment and / or their exit may be determined by what contractual documentation has been signed; for example, if the individual has signed a

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    • Insights
    • Jul 15, 2024

    Wedlake Bell advises IntelliAM AI Plc on its IPO on the Aquis Stock Exchange, valuing the company at nearly £18m

    A cross practice team led by corporate partner, Stephen Callender, has advised IntelliAM AI on its admission to the Aquis Stock Exchange. IntelliAM AI is a South Yorkshire based software and AI business which uses machine learning to improve operating

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    • Insights
    • Jul 15, 2024

    Broom v Aguilar

    Mrs Aguilar, a Spanish national, moved to the UK in 1972 and married Michael Chambers. They lived together in England for more than 40 years until 2014 when they emigrated to Spain, where they continued to live. The couple bought

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    • Insights
    • Jul 15, 2024

    Hellard & Ors v OJSC Rossiysky Kredit Bank & Ors

    The judgment of Nicholas Thompsell, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, in Hellard & Ors v OJSC Rossiysky Kredit Bank & Ors [2024] EWHC 1783 (Ch) deals with three questions raised by an application of the trustees in bankruptcy

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    • Insights
    • Jul 4, 2024

    Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda International Ltd

    Giving the advice of the board of the Privy Council in Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd (Virgin Islands)[2024] UKPC 16, Lords Briggs and Hamblen identified the issue in the following terms: “This appeal is about the

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    • Insights
    • Jul 3, 2024

    Re Consort Healthcare

    Restructuring Plans: should an opposing creditor be granted security for costs? Might that open the floodgates where companies are by definition “distressed,” or was this particular Plan more akin to ordinary adversarial litigation? Read our summary below. Consort Healthcare (Tameside)

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    • In Trust
    • Jun 25, 2024

    2024 General Election: All change?

    As we fast approach the date of the General Election and the possibility of new Downing Street residents, we attempt to cut through the political rhetoric and focus on those areas that may be of most concern to our clients

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    • In Trust
    • Jun 25, 2024

    For Better, For Worse: A Cautionary Tale After Langley v Qin

    According to the Law Commission, a predatory marriage is one where a person marries someone, often someone who is elderly or who lacks the mental capacity to marry, as a form of financial abuse. They might, for example, marry an

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