Tag: Blacks Solicitors
Landlord Entitled To Recover Rent Arrears During Lockdown
The pandemic has caused serious problems for both landlords and tenants particularly those operating in the non-essential retail sector who have had...
LEGAL: Professional Adviser’s Scope Of Duty
In what has been hailed as a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Manchester Building Society in its...
LEGAL: Big Claim, Small Damages
The recent case of Beattie Passive Norse Limited v Canham Consulting Limited demonstrates the importance of establishing causation in any claim.
LEGAL ADVICE: Disgruntled Reviewers Beware!
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Byline: Luke Patel
The recent case of Summerfield Browne Limited -v- Waymouth...
Supreme Courts rules insurers MUST pay small firms for Covid lockdown...
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Byline: Luke Patel
During lockdown last year, many small businesses made claims...
Restrictive Covenants – Take Care With The Drafting
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Byline: Luke Patel
The case of Prophet Plc v Huggett is a...
HOUSING MARKET: Beware Of What You Are Buying
In the current housing market where properties are being bought extremely quickly as buyers take advantage of the government’s Stamp Duty Holiday,...
Restrictive Covenants In Commercial Agency Agreements
Restrictive covenants are commonly used in employment contracts to enforce the activities of an employees during the course of their employment and...
LEGAL ADVICE: Variation By Email
Contracts can be varied either orally or in writing. However, most contracts will contain a Variation Clause which will specify that any...
More Clarity on Force Majeure Clauses
Byline: Luke Patel
Readers of this publication may recall a few months ago an editorial on Force Majeure...
Have you settled without knowing it?
Luke Patel from Blacks Solicitors gives legal advice
It is often tempting to avoid the expense of instructing...
Solicitor Luke Patel talks about loans and personal guarantees
Loans made to companies are usually secured by personal guarantees given by the directors of those companies whereby the director promises to...
Legal Advice: ‘Are email signatures valid?’
In the recent case of Neocleous -v- Rees the Court had to decide whether an automatically generated signature was considered to be...
No need to point out your opponent’s error
In the recent case of Woodward v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited the Court of Appeal had to consider the issue of whether...
Kiss and Tell book banned
In the recent case of Bull v Desporte the High Court granted a lottery winner a permanent injunction preventing his former partner...
Sorry I Did Knot Spot That!
In the recent case of Ryb v Conway Chartered Surveyors the Court found that a surveyor was negligent for failing to identify Japanese Knotweed...
Are you “warehousing” your claim?
Warehouses and litigation are two words that are not often associated with one another. However, the recent High Court case of Asturion Foundation v...
“Don’t Blame It On Brexit”
There isn’t a day that goes by where “Brexit” is not in the news. It is therefore unsurprising that a tenant has attempted to...
Employer Not Responsible For Christmas Party Frolics
Byline: Luke Patel of Blacks Solicitors
Christmas parties are great fun but sometimes can end in tears as occurred in the recent case of Shelbourne...
LEGAL ADVICE: Fraud Does Unravel All
Readers of Asian Express newspaper may recall the case of Takhar v Gracefield Developments Limited back in 2017 when the Court of Appeal refused...
