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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
1 April 2016
Court of Protection - challenges and tips for Deputies when buying a property abroad
As a professional Deputy acting for clients with large awards of compensation, either because of medical negligence or personal injury, the purchase of property is an issue I deal with frequently. In most cases, the order appointing a Deputy restricts the authority to buy or sell property without first obtaining the permission of the Court.
In this blog, Simon Hardy looks at the challenges and tips for Deputies when buying a property overseas.
6 October 2015
CDM Regulations 2015 – It’s time to say farewell to CDM Co-ordinators
6 October 2015 marks the end of the six-month transitional period under the CDM Regulations 2015, which was granted by legislators to Clients (i.e. persons “for whom a project is carried out”) to allow them to replace CDM Co-ordinators appointed prior to 6 April 2015. As of 6 October 2015, the role of the CDM Co-ordinator (pursuant to the CDM Regulations 2007) ceases to exist. All Clients must have terminated any CDM Co-ordinators appointments and brought Principal Designers (“PD”) on-board. Please note that Principal Designers must be appointed in writing for projects with more than one contractor (this may mean one main contractor and a sub-contractor) (see regulation 5.1).
25 August 2015
Building contracts: The importance of accurate and clear Interim Applications and Pay Less Notices
The recent decision of Mr Justice Akenhead in Henia and Beck Interiors ([2015] EWHC 2433 (TCC)), provides some helpful guidance regarding the validity of Interim Applications for Payment and Pay Less Notices
7 April 2015
Legal update: Deregulation Act 2015 - Implications for tenancy deposit protection
The Deregulation Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 26th March 2015, and sparks important changes to deposit protection legislation. Here we provide a summary of the changes and what they mean for you.
10 September 2014
Beware of Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy (“CIL”)
We were recently instructed to act on the purchase of a residential development site in the London Borough of Greenwich. Surprisingly the consented site was not subject to any planning obligations under a Section 106 Agreement. Nor was it subject to any CIL, because Greenwich London Borough Council is currently (as at August 2014) consulting on its draft charging schedule and therefore no Borough CIL is payable.
