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Jul 19, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jennifer Alldridge |Colette Brimble |David Browne |Charlie Hennig |Sarah Jordan |Sarah Lunn | +8 more
The King's Speech took place on 17 July, setting out the new government's legislative agenda. Our Knowledge Lawyers have selected some highlights for businesses from the 39 bills proposed, covering 12 distinct areas including significant reforms to real estate and employment law, data regulation and corporate governance.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jennie Graham |Colette Brimble |David Browne |Tessa Garner
The sector will be hoping for clarity in a number of
areas, including leasehold reform and planning, to support business
strategy and investment
Unless the opinion polls are very wrong, the UK general election
in July will bring the first change of government in 14 years.
We analyse the likely changes on the horizon for the Built
Environment sector over the course of the next parliament.
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May 28, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Robyn Trigg |Catherine Hammon |Michelle Radom |Jennie Graham |Colette Brimble |Emma Moscoso | +3 more
Prorogation brought Parliamentary business to an end, meaning all draft legislation not passed is lostWith the prime minister's announcement that a UK general election will take place on Thursday 4 July 2024, there was a two-day rush at the end of last week to pass draft legislation or lose it.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Colette Brimble
There must be 10 years of reasonable belief of land ownership immediately prior to the date of applicationA recent Upper Tribunal decision in Brown v Ridley overturned a First-Tier Tribunal ruling which had strayed from binding case law.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Colette Brimble
Applicant's ‘build first, apply later’ approach viewed dimly, leading to a failed application despite satisfying usual discharge groundsA recent decision of the Upper Tribunal in the case of Fosse Urban Projects Ltd v Whyte and others serves as a warning to developers to deal with restrictive covenants before developing land.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Catherine Shepherd |Charlie Hennig |Clareine Enderby |Colette Brimble |David Soerensen | +19 more
Our Knowledge Lawyers have picked out particular legal developments affecting business, as certain already legislated-for regulatory changes and rules come into effect, new legislation passes, and long-awaited litigation on complex points continues to progress through the courts. Digital regulationOnline safety2023 saw the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) finally receive Royal Assent and 2024 will see much work by Ofcom, the designated online safety regulator, to bring it into effect.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Clareine Enderby |Colette Brimble |Jennie Graham |Jennifer Alldridge |Catherine Hammon
In what is likely to be the last Parliamentary session before the next general election, capacity for new measures is limited: housing and pension reforms are two areas that may receive attentionAs speculation mounts about when the prime minister will decide to call an election (the last possible date for it to take place being 28 January 2025), the general opinion seems to be that the contents of the King's speech on 7 November are likely to be sparse.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Nick Thody |Catherine Shepherd |Kath Sadler-Smith |Jennie Graham |Colette Brimble |Robyn Trigg | +17 more
In January 2023 our Osborne Clarke Knowledge Lawyers made their business law predictions for 2023. Here, we see how those predictions are faring. GeneralWe thought that "businesses and their advisers are likely to sharpen their focus on the Opposition's emerging plans for the economy" – perhaps not the craziest of predictions, and we can put a tick next to that one.
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Jun 19, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Colette Brimble
Unanimous decision upheld Court of Appeal judgment entitling
Nuffield Health to non-domestic rates relief for charities
The UK Supreme Court has released (7 June 2023) its judgment in
the case of London Borough of Merton Council v Nuffield
Health Ltd, with a unanimous five-judge panel ruling in
favour of Nuffield Health, the ratepayer, dismissing the London
Borough of Merton's appeal against the Court of Appeal's
judgment.
