Wedlake Bell Insights

    • Building Safety Act
    • Dec 11, 2023

    Part three: Sanctions for breach of occupation requirements under the BSA – BSA occupational insights (england)

    In this latest of a series of articles of the BSA, we explore the enforcement of the occupational obligations of the BSA. WHO IS THE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY? The Building Safety Regulator (“BSR“), part of the Health & Safety Executive, is

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Dec 7, 2023

    The register of overseas entities: The update season?

    Alongside the shine and sparkle of the festive season – with its flurry of activity spilling beyond crowded shopping malls and into living rooms (and offices) warmly lit by the glow of Christmas decorations – there is another kind of

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    • Article
    • Dec 4, 2023

    Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

    Dismissing the claimant’s appeal in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416, Sir Geoffrey Vos MR (with whom Birss LJ and Carr LCJ agreed), answered both questions in favour of the Council, holding that the claimant

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    • Article
    • Dec 1, 2023

    Upcoming changes to holiday pay, working time and TUPE

    From 1 January 2024, the Retained EU (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 takes effect which will remove general EU-derived laws and principles, creating a risk that the case law covering certain critical workers’ rights would fall away, impacting on areas

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    • Podcast
    • Nov 27, 2023

    Episode 34 quarterly in advance update

    In this episode, Partner, Suzanne Gill and Associate, Gabriela Georgieva give an overview of the articles from the latest edition of our Real Estate publication, Quarterly in Advance.  

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    • Article
    • Nov 3, 2023

    Zhang Zhenxin (deceased); Eternity Sky Investments Ltd v The Estate Of Zhang Zhenxin (deceased) And Anor

    Eternity Sky Investments Ltd, a BVI incorporated company, although ultimately part of  the investment arm of a large group of companies incorporated in the People’s Republic of China, presented a petition pursuant to the Administration of Insolvent Estates of Deceased

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    • Article
    • Nov 2, 2023

    Re LYHFL Limited

    The judgment of David Halpern KC, sitting as a High Court judge, in Re LYHFL Limited [2023] EWHC 2585 (Ch) adds to the number of cases that the courts have had to decide about the appointment of administrators but applies

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    • Article
    • Nov 2, 2023

    Supreme Court decision: Administrator not an officer of company

    If an employer intends to make 20 or more employees redundant, at one establishment, within a 90-day period, they must notify the Secretary of State at least 30 days before the first dismissal, as per Section 193(2) of the Trade

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    • Article
    • Nov 1, 2023

    Bridger & Co Ltd v Specialist Lending Ltd

    In Bridger & Co Ltd v Specialist Lending Ltd (t/a Duologi) [2023] EWHC 2562 (Ch) Deputy ICC Judge Curl KC dismissed an application for an injunction to restrain Specialist Lending Limited from advertising a winding up petition presented against Bridger

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