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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
1 October 2020
Contempt of court: making the process simpler and fairer
Applications in the civil courts for contempt of court are becoming more regular. Civil contempt is conduct that is not itself a crime but is conduct which is punishable by the court to ensure that court orders are observed.
1 October 2020
Highly publicised matters arising in relation to the administration of the late Steve Bing’s estate in the US give rise to some interesting legal issues
Before the Family Law Reform Act 1969 (“the 1969 Act”) came into force on 1 September 1970, the common law rules of construction that a child is legitimate only if the child was born or conceived in wedlock applied when dealing with trust deeds or wills. The 1969 Act is not retrospective so difficulties may still arise in relation to trust deeds or wills settled/executed prior to that time.
25 September 2020
Preventing, detecting and responding to fraud within charities
The Law Society Gazette and Third Sector recently reported that a number of charities, including Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Yorkshire Cancer Research, the British Heart Foundation and the National Trust, issued a claim against a former solicitor, Linda Box. They claim to have been deprived of a legacy gift from a Will of which she was the co-executor. Box was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2017, having admitted to 12 offences of fraud, theft and forgery while working as a senior partner at a firm of solicitors in Wakefield, having stolen approximately £4 million. The fraud is said to have been conducted using a process known as “teeming and lading” whereby money is moved between client accounts to hide a shortfall or theft.
24 September 2020
Think twice: might the estate be insolvent?
This blog focuses on two practical considerations that should be borne in mind when dealing with an estate where there are any suspicions that the value of the assets when realised may be insufficient to meet all debts and liabilities in full.
21 September 2020
The Rhinoceros in the room: are company voluntary arrangements contracts enforceable by third parties?
In the recent case of Re Rhino Enterprises Properties Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 2370 (Ch) the court held that it was at least strongly arguable that a company voluntary arrangement (a “CVA”) was not a contract for the purpose of s.1(1) of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (“the C(RTP)A”).
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