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FinTech By Tim Ryan What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests you most, by collecting everything into useful packages. A Collection…
TMT, software, tech projects and outsourcing By Tim Ryan The current decade has seen 'outsourcing' evolve into 'strategic sourcing' as the efficiency gains and other benefits of entrusting an organisations non-core functions to vendors are more open to question and scrutiny: whether you are looking at a…
First Freeport locations announced By Neil Warwick Neil Warwick, partner at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, looks behind the headlines of the Government’s Budget announcement, which confirmed the location of eight freeports, with the announcement suggesting that these offer growth…
Budget 2021: New visas to attract highly skilled migrants and entrepreneurs By Shahjahan Ali As part of the Government’s plans to rebuild the UK economy, the Chancellor announced today further measures to modernise the UK’s immigration system. New measures will be implemented to attract and retain the most highly skilled individuals to…
Real Estate Tip of the Week: Who can Serve a notice? By Rosa-Maria Kane The answer to this question will be of interest to landlords and tenants alike. A landlord may wish to exercise a right to terminate a lease in order to implement a redevelopment scheme. Conversely, a tenant may wish to exercise a break option, or…
Budget 2021 – from a housing and development perspective By Christopher Stanwell In what has to be one of the most challenging of peace-time budgets the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has identified what are perhaps best described as investment opportunities for the property and development sector as part of the economic road to…
DAC Beachcroft's Spring 2021 Budget Alert By John Dunlop The Frozen Budget The Chancellor set out his road map for the rebalancing of the books following the current pandemic and he was very keen to stress he was being honest with the UK population. He has kept to his manifesto promise of not raising…
When are dangerous premises not defective premises? By Thomas Magee How many times have we heard, or indeed said, the words “the court will have sympathy for the Claimant”?
Cartel claims after Brexit – changes, implications and predictions By Laura Berry In December 2020 we explored the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Merricks vs. Mastercard – an important judgment which could transform the landscape of UK class actions. We anticipate that the ruling will have a profound impact on would-be…
No implied right to fair procedures for performance related dismissals By Barry Reynolds The Court of Appeal has confirmed that fair procedures do not necessarily apply to performance related dismissals, including during the probationary period. Key legal development A number of recent Court decisions suggested that employers must…
Whiplash Reforms To Be Implemented With Effect From 31 May 2021 By Faye Fishlock This updated version of our alert follows the publication of the new Protocol and Practice Direction and offers a more comprehensive picture of the reform package. The whiplash reforms contained in the Civil Liability Act 2018, announced by the…
Whiplash Reforms To Be Implemented With Effect From 31 May 2021 PART 1 By Faye Fishlock The whiplash reforms contained in the Civil Liability Act 2018, announced by the Government as long ago as November 2015, will at last be implemented with effect from 31 May 2021. The Regulations and changes to the Civil Procedure Rules to support…