Speed read:This article discusses gifts which oblige the recipient to leave the asset to another person on their own death. Those with these arrangements should seek UK advice, if the donor or recipient are resident in, or are originally from,
More about Potential UK taxes on gifts in france, italy or spainIn 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
More about 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?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
More about QIA – Autumn 2022In 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
More about A lender perspective on the new register of overseas entities (“ROE”) regimeThis 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
More about Can a party lawfully terminate a building contract if cost inflation makes it commercially unviable?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
More about Considerations for the acquisition or disposal of property through an auctionNow 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
More about Highway to the “protest” zoneIntroduction 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
More about Restrictive covenants, costs, and other uncertainties