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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
23 November 2022
Removing the façade: A look behind the Building Safety Act 2022
It is five years since the tragic Grenfell disaster but defective cladding/dangerous living conditions and fire safety are still very much hot news. But, you may be asking, why is this relevant to insolvency practitioners?
10 November 2022
Green related lawsuits: the sign of things to come
While world leaders convene in Egypt for Cop 27 to discuss progress on The Paris Agreement, the legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted in 2016, it is easy to think the green agenda is something remote from day-to-day business for UK SME owners.
9 November 2022
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q3 2022
This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period July - September 2022.
9 November 2022
Recovering assets misappropriated by an attorney or deputy
People with dementia are at higher risk of financial abuse and in our experience, the majority of allegations of financial abuse and misappropriation of monies against vulnerable individuals are against the very people trusted to look after their affairs. Sadly, the volume of those allegations is on the rise.
13 October 2022
A reminder of the risks of underestimating the responsibilities of being an executor
The recent judgment in the case of Totton & Anor v Totton [2022] EWHC 2345 (Ch) ought to serve as a stark reminder that executors need to take their duties very seriously. In this case, the High Court found that an executor had failed to comply with his duties as an executor and, subsequently, breached a court order intended to remedy the position. As a result, the executor was found to be in contempt and sentenced to a custodial sentence of three months.
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