The High Court on 9 July 2018 handed down judgment in the case of Curtis Michael Harry –v- Maynard Daniel Harry & Ors [2018] EWHC 1737 (Ch) whereby the Petitioner...
A sharp increase in the number of cohabiting couples over the past 15 years or so has led to a rise in complex and often costly legal disputes when they...
Mention spies and you may think of James Bond scaling a building in the dead of night, but when it comes to commercial espionage it’s more likely to be Jim...
Property co-owners should record in a declaration of trust the shares each person holds to avoid possible future disputes. A recent appeal case has reaffirmed the importance of ensuring that...
We helped an estate agent after they set up another office of their business and employed staff members from a local competitor. The competitor sent a detailed letter before taking...
We helped an estate agent who suspected that an ex-employee had set up in competition, and was poaching business with the use of a copy of its entire database. We secured...
Prior to the DebtFast team’s involvement, the matter in discussion had been with our property litigation team. Judgment had been awarded in our client’s favour alongside a costs order in...
We advised an unmarried couple where one partner had contributed more to the purchase price of their home than the other and she wished to protect what she had contributed to ensure...
Our charity team has helped a number of charities whose land was registered in the names of various trustees who had since ceased to be a trustee or passed away....
We helped a legal education trust, the Hubbard Will Trust, in obtaining a scheme from the Charity Commission to amend its selection criteria as a result of changing practices in...
We helped Mind in Mid Herts on the lease renewal of their premises at the Town Square in Stevenage. This involved adding a service charge cap to minimise the charity’s...
We worked on the share sale of a pharmaceutical distributor on the sale of their entire issued share capital to a large multinational eye healthcare manufacturer looking to diversify its...
On 3 July 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in the case of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited –v- Stephen Williams and Robin Waistell on the very important...
A sharp increase in the number of cohabiting couples over the past 15 years or so has led to a rise in complex and often costly legal disputes when they...
The Barriers to Business Growth in St Albans report was published on 11 June and is now available on the City of Expertise website. The report contains the findings from the...
We were delighted to confirm our third FIRE event of the year took place in September 2018 at Dukes Hotel, London. We heard from three intellectual property experts: Aylin Dzhafer, Senior...
Thank you for getting in touch with the Debenhams Ottaway team. For legal service enquiries we’ll direct your message to the right legal expert and respond as quickly as possible...
In a decision handed down today, 13 June, the Supreme Court has unanimously overturned the decisions of the High Court and the Court of Appeal and held that Internet Service...
A Deed of Variation is an effective estate planning tool for beneficiaries of an estate who wish to bypass themselves in favour of others. An adult beneficiary can redirect their...
