Jennie Graham

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.

Nov 1, 2023 | lexology.com | Jennie Graham |Neil Bromwich

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act is a wide-ranging and ambitious piece of legislation, with the potential to drive fundamental reforms affecting planning and real estate in EnglandThe government's stated aim for the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act is to "..deliver revitalised high streets…speed up the planning system, hold developers to account, cut bureaucracy, and encourage more councils to put in place plans to enable the building of new homes".

Jul 31, 2023 | lexology.com | Jennie Graham |Ian B. Wilkinson

One year on from the introduction of the Register of Overseas Entities, affected businesses are reminded they have an annual duty to update, or face potentially serious consequencesFines, criminal sanctions and an inability to deal with its registered real estate in England and Wales are the potential repercussions for an overseas entity that fails to comply with its annual duty to notify Companies House of its beneficial owners.

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.

May 17, 2023 | lexology.com | Jennie Graham

Recent ruling highlights the need to state expressly that wording doesn't intend to create legally binding obligationsThe Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Pretoria Energy Company (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd, where an energy company sought to argue that a landowner had entered into a binding agreement to grant a 25-year lease by virtue of signed heads of terms.