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- Sep 29, 2022
The UK’s online safety bill: The Day we took a stand against serious online harms or the Day we lost our freedoms to platforms and the state?
In this paper for Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, Alexander Dittel discusses the UK’s Online Safety Bill, which is intended to protect vulnerable individuals online, although at the risk of promoting surveillance techniques and mandating proactive content removal by
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- Sep 28, 2022
QIA – Autumn 2022
Quarterly In Advance is published by Wedlake Bell’s Real Estate Team for our clients and contacts in the property world. Please click here to read the digital flipbook of the full issue, or click the image below. Contents ‘Dear Gemma‘ – Gemma
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- Sep 26, 2022
A lender perspective on the new register of overseas entities (“ROE”) regime
In the Summer edition of QIA we discussed the general impact of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (“ECA”) on real estate transactions. The ECA subsequently came into force on 1 August. In this article we discuss some specific
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- Sep 26, 2022
Can a party lawfully terminate a building contract if cost inflation makes it commercially unviable?
This is a question being asked in the light of both Covid and the war in Ukraine, which have caused significant cost increases in both materials and labour and delays, The short answer is that termination is unlikely to be an
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- Sep 26, 2022
Considerations for the acquisition or disposal of property through an auction
General Background In contrast to a disposal by private contract, an auction is a process for the purchase and sale of property (or any other goods and services) by offering it up to numerous parties simultaneously, by the taking of
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- Sep 26, 2022
Highway to the “protest” zone
Now that we are moving back towards the ‘new normal’, we are all making use of highways to return to our previous lives. Whether we are walking to the shops, cycling to the office or driving home, we are all
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- Sep 26, 2022
Restrictive covenants, costs, and other uncertainties
Introduction A developer’s application under Section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (“LPA“) to discharge or modify restrictive covenants which would be breached by a proposed development was considered in the recent case of HAE Developments Ltd v
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- Sep 26, 2022
Split reversions – Half the lease for double the trouble?
Perhaps surprisingly for some, it is possible to have more than one landlord of a single lease. When this (albeit rather rare) situation arises, there are numerous potential pitfalls and hazards which the landlords should be aware of. What is
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Wedlake Bell News

The UK’s online safety bill: The Day we took a stand against serious online harms or the Day we lost our freedoms to platforms and the state?

QIA – Autumn 2022

A lender perspective on the new register of overseas entities (“ROE”) regime

Can a party lawfully terminate a building contract if cost inflation makes it commercially unviable?

Considerations for the acquisition or disposal of property through an auction

Highway to the “protest” zone

Restrictive covenants, costs, and other uncertainties

Split reversions – Half the lease for double the trouble?