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    • Jan 19, 2023

    The accountant: Shareholder and Partner disputes – How did it come to this?

    Partner Edward Starling discusses shareholder and partner disputes in the accountancy sector and the limited number outcomes available when they are escalated, published in The Accountant. Whether an accountancy practice is dealing with its own internal issues or where accountants

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    • Jan 4, 2023

    QIA – Winter 2023

    Quarterly In Advance is published by Wedlake Bell’s Real Estate Team for our clients and contacts in the property world. Please click the image below to read the full issue. Contents

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    • News
    • Dec 22, 2022

    Common ‘mee’stakes – What you need to know

    With less than three months to go until the government’s next deadline in its energy efficiency agenda, landlords need to take action now to either comply or register a valid exemption. The MEES Regulations require a minimum energy efficiency standard

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    • News
    • Dec 22, 2022

    Give me a break!

    We are all aware of the Bank of England’s stark warning that the UK now faces its longest recession since records began, with rising interest rates and inflation running at a 40-year high. Against this backdrop, and with the cost

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    • News
    • Dec 22, 2022

    How could sanctions affect property transactions?

    The UK government brought in various measures to restrict the use of assets as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. The measures are known as the sanctions regime. Andrew Griffith, the economic secretary to the Treasury, said: “As staunch

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    • News
    • Dec 22, 2022

    I don’t know about you, I’m fearing section 20 too

    Service charge payments will be a familiar term to most residential and commercial lessees. The amount you have to pay in service charge in any given year is dependent on a number of factors, and the starting point is always

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    • News
    • Dec 22, 2022

    On the hillside again – An update on inconsistent planning permissions

    Last year we reported on a Court of Appeal decision which introduced some uncertainty around the validity of overlapping or ‘drop in’ planning permissions for multi-phased development schemes and also cast doubt over whether development lawfully undertaken in part of

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    • Dec 22, 2022

    Town and village greens – Back to basics

    The rights associated with Town and Village Greens (“TVGs”) trace back to English law. Legal protections for the use of land for highly localised purposes and pastimes arose from the mere fact that such use fell into custom immemorial (i.e.

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