• 海角破解版 are proud to announce two more Recorder appointments

    海角破解版 property and financial remedies barrister Louise Worton and criminal law barrister Daniel Sawyer have today both been appointed Recorders in the announcement today, 7 October 2020, from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Louise Worton (call: 2000) will be sitting on the South Eastern Circuit dealing with Family matters. Louise has also recently been appointed as a part-time judicial office holder in the First Tier Tribunal, in the South Eastern area, sitting in the Social...

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  • 海角破解版 pupil barristers Sam Pentony and Alex Leonhardt start Second Six pupillages

    New family pupil barrister Sam Pentony joins fellow Second Six pupil Alex Leonhardt 鈥渙n their feet鈥 and taking instructions for court representation, advocacy and advisory work. Civil pupil Alex Leonhardt鈥檚 caseload is focused on education, employment and housing law. Alex graduated top of his year on the GDL, obtaining a distinction on every paper. He was awarded the third highest mark on the BPTC with the top mark in his cohort for cross-examination and opinion...

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    The remote witnessing of wills: a last resort

    Until now, for a will or codicil to be valid, 鈥減resence鈥 in the Wills Act 1837 required for the testator to be in the 鈥渓ine of sight鈥. This did not allow for the remote witnessing of wills. Probate barrister Lydia Pemberton examines The Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020, which expressly provides that 鈥溾減resence鈥 includes presence by means of video conference or other visual transmission鈥, in real-time, for wills made since 31...

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  • 海角破解版 launches dedicated Covid-19 resources hub

    海角破解版 Barristers have created a dedicated webpage on its website to act as a hub for the many articles, briefings and webinar and podcast recordings about lockdown laws and regulations as well as practical issues like court attendance, e-bundles, remote and hybrid hearings. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to create employment, contractual and other legal challenges which are in many ways unprecedented. The impact of the virus is being felt, and in response, 海角破解版 have...

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  • Unintended Consequences: Does Trecarrell House dilute the purpose of the Gas Safety Regulations?

    This month the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield [2020] EWCA Civ 760 and ruled that a failure to serve a gas safety certificate before a tenant enters in to occupation of the property will not create an absolute bar on residential landlords subsequently relying upon the section 21 eviction procedure. 海角破解版 first-six pupil barrister Alex Leonhardt, in reviewing the case in a detailed article here,...

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  • Short video explaining Court of Appeal decision regarding landlords and gas safety certificates out now

    Matthew Cannings explains the significance of the Court of Appeal's decision in Trecarrell House v Rouncefield for landlords and gas safety certificates - all in under three minutes!    

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  • 海角破解版 reviews Trecarrell House decision on landlords鈥 eviction rights and gas safety certificates

    Yesterday. Thursday 18th June 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down their judgment in the case of Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield [2020] EWCA Civ 760 to state that a failure to serve a gas safety certificate before a tenant enters in to occupation of the property does not create an absolute bar on residential landlords subsequently relying upon the section 21 eviction procedure. 海角破解版 Barristers鈥 Matthew Cannings, who heads the Property & Estates team...

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  • Is 鈥淎ster鈥 the new 鈥淒aejan鈥? Joshua Dubin helps clients to resist their landlord's appeal

    Aster Communities v Chapman and others [2020] UKUT 177 (LC) Judgment published 15.07.2020 Joshua Dubin has helped his clients to resist their landlord鈥檚 appeal against the imposition of conditions that will enable them to instruct an expert to assess whether certain repair works are necessary. The Upper Tribunal has upheld a decision to impose conditions when granting Aster dispensation from its service charge consultation requirements. Aster applied for dispensation because it omitted the total replacement...

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  • 海角破解版 reviews new changes to the execution of legal documents during COVID-19

    Lydia Pemberton, deputy head of 海角破解版鈥檚 Property and Estates team, and Charles Irvine, a member of 海角破解版鈥檚 Property and Estates team and Commercial team, have reviewed the new changes to the execution of documents brought about shortly before and since the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. New ways of working have meant a rise in technology and electronic communications which brings new formalities when it comes to dealing with the execution of legal documents. In this...

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  • 海角破解版 barrister and author Sarah Langford鈥檚 planned 鈥渃larion call鈥 book about farming sparks publishers鈥 auction

    Publishers Viking has scooped an 鈥渦rgent clarion call鈥 for the British farming industry by 海角破解版 criminal and family barrister Sarah Langford in a three-way auction. 鈥淔or a Love of the Land鈥 will be published in spring 2022 and follows Sarah鈥檚 hugely successful debut book, and Sunday Times bestseller, 鈥淚n Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law鈥. Sarah Langford was a barrister for 10 years, working in criminal and family law in London and around the...

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  • 海角破解版鈥檚 Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell produce an updated property law guide on Covid-19

    海角破解版鈥檚 specialist Property and Estates Barristers Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell issue an updated guide on the rights of commercial landlords and their tenants during the Coronavirus pandemic. The guide reviews the existing position for commercial landlords and their tenants as well as an update on the latest Government鈥檚 announcement on 23rd聽April 2020. To read the full guide please click here. To discuss this further with Charles or Rebecca, please contact Chambers Director聽Mark Heath聽to schedule...

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  • 海角破解版鈥檚 Joshua Dubin warns local authorities about their right-to-buy lease terms when major works are being planned

    海角破解版鈥檚 specialist Property and Regulatory Law Barrister Joshua Dubin warns local authorities about their right-to-buy lease terms when major works are being planned. Piechnik v Oxford City Council聽[2020] EWHC 960 (QB) 鈥 Mrs Justice Tipples DBE In a judgment with significant implications for right-to-buy (鈥楻TB鈥) long leaseholders, the High Court has held that a local authority lessor does not have an extended right of entry implied into such leases in order to carry out works...

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