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The Supreme Court has decided by a majority of 3:2 in Fern and others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery that the public viewing gallery on the 10th floor of the Tate Modern has caused a nuisance to neighbouring flat owners.
What is Nuisance
Nuisance falls broadly into two categories, public nuisance such as unlawfully blocking a highway, and private nuisance, the category under which this case was brought. Read more…
From 1 April 2023, commercial landlords risk being fined if their property is “substandard” (i.e. it has an EPC rating of “F” or “G”). It has been an offence to grant a new lease of a substandard commercial property since 2018 but from 1 April 2023 the net widens significantly to include existing lettings. Landlords therefore need to review their stock, consider what measures are needed to upgrade the property, and whether it is possible to do so if there is a tenant in occupation. Various exemptions are available and, while these are worth considering, they can only defer the deadline rather than make the problem go away. Landlords also need to bear in mind that the minimum rating is likely to rise to “C”, or even “B”, in the near future. Read more…
Variable service charge provisions are common in residential long leases to enable reapportionment. In Aviva Investors’ Ground Rents v Williams, the Supreme Court confirmed that the effect of section 27A(6) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (Act) is not to transfer the landlord’s discretionary decision-making powers to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT). Read more…
The Supreme Court has handed down its decision in Sara Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd [2023] UKSC 2.
In 2018, following the early termination of a previous lease, Blacks Outdoor Retail entered into a further one year lease with its landlord, Sara Hossein Asset Holdings, expiring in May 2019. Read more…
In this episode of the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast: The Federal Reserve’s steady increase of interest rates and the slowed economic growth have increased fiscal pressure on health care providers, leaving many to look for ways to bridge budget shortfalls through injections of capital, asset sales, or other strategic transactions.
What options are there for providers moving forward?
With most employers now allowing a flexible working regime, serviced offices have become an increasingly popular office-based solution for businesses in the post-pandemic period.
As a result, serviced offices or workspaces have become an attractive alternative occupation model for landlords to the fixed lease, and there has been an increase in lease and management contract arrangements with serviced office providers. Read more…
The scope and protection afforded to a mortgage creditor by the standard mortgage endorsement was again analyzed by the Court of Appeal in Roma Capital inc. 2023 QCCA 307.
It should be noted that in this decision rendered on March 7, 2023, the Court of Appeal was hesitant since the decision was rendered on a two-to-one basis.
As featured in #WorkforceWednesday: This week, we’re showcasing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel’s memo on non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in severance agreements, Illinois’ new law permitting Illinois employees to take paid leave “for any reason,” and New Jersey’s upcoming implementation of the “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights.”
“Woooo, Lindsay. Have you left the legal market altogether? Storytelling? Audiences? I know you’ve talked about this before, but this isn’t ENGLISH class for pete’s sake. It’s THE LAW.”
Yes, you’re right, it IS the law, but storytelling remains essential, even when you’re solving legal issues. You may remember this post about the panel I spoke on in December. I am lucky enough to be reprising this session with another moderator and my co-panelists at the LMA’s Annual Conference in Hollywood, Florida, next month, and we’ve been really delving into this idea of why storytelling is so important.
The General Counsel (“GC”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), Jennifer Abruzzo, has opened the vault and released previously unseen Advice Memoranda from her Obama-era predecessor General Counsel Richard Griffin, in her bid to continue to upend long-standing Board law. Abruzzo, who was Deputy General Counsel under Griffin, and who now heads the Office of the General Counsel, has released a slew of historic Advice Memoranda that shed light on her legal theory to limit employer’s free speech rights and their ability to communicate with employees about the real-world consequences of unionization on the workplace and the employer-employee relationship.
TGS Baltic is a leading law firm with offices in Vilnius (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia), Tallinn, and Tartu (Estonia). Currently, TGS Baltic unites 31 partners and 11 associate partners in the three Baltic States.
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The International Lawyers Network condemns in the strongest possible terms the reckless and unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine. We join with the International Bar Association in their statement against this blatant breach of international law and send our support to our member firm, PETERKA & PARTNERS Ukraine, and their families, as well as the citizens affected. We hope for an end to the war as soon as possible.
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