The Court of Appeal has agreed with the High Court that a surety was released from all liability because of a 1987 licence to alter, granted by a previous landlord. Variations to a lease are usually obvious, so the landlord can readily spot the need to join in any current guarantors (including former tenants standing […]
This briefing dicusses two cases involving an out-of-date local plan, a revoked regional spatial strategy and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The Court of Appeal heard the case of City and District Council of St Albans v R (on the application of Hunston Properties Ltd) and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2013] […]
Eversheds has produced a guide to the Consumer Rights Directive (CRD) that looks at how the CRD will change the laws of 15 EU countries. The Polish proposal for a Consumer Rights Act was adopted on 20 September 2013 and it will implement the CRD into the Polish legal system. Dr Aleksandra Kunkiel-Kryńska, a legal adviser […]
Tim Jones of No5 Chambers was the examiner for the Cringleford neighbourhood development plan and recommended that the plan should proceed to referendum. A referendum was held on 24 January 2014 to decide on whether South Norfolk District Council should use the neighbourhood plan for Cringleford to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area. […]
Shoosmiths is providing legal advice to convenience chain One Stop on its move into franchising. The law firm has acted for the convenience store chain for around 10 years and by the end of February will have helped it open up to 20 new franchises. Five pilot stores have already opened successfully in England and […]
By Paul Jayson and Anthony Day Our inaugural report highlights the current key trends and themes in the global data centre industry and provides an outlook for the data centre market in 2014. We asked people from across the industry (including data centre customers, investors, co-location providers, hosting services providers, telecoms providers, IT consultants, outsourcing […]
By Rhory Robertson and Tom Double It was not so long ago that we wrote that Twitter appeared to be grasping the nettle and taking its role as a responsible social media platform seriously. However, Twitter’s abject failure to deal with the recent abuse levelled at Stan Collymore, an ex-Premiership footballer, suggests that its assessment […]
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) legal arm, PwC Legal, has gained an ABS licence, allowing the Big Four accountant to take ownership of the business. PwC said the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) had approved the licence today (31 January), following earlier indications that the accountancy firm was looking to become an ABS (9 September 2013). Rivals Ernst & […]
Eversheds Bianchini has advised a pool of Italian banks led by Unicredit on a debt restructuring agreement for San Giorgio and its group of companies, including New Jersey Srl and Imprenditori Riuniti. The financial restructuring covered in particular the restructuring of senior loan facilities for the development and construction of the shopping mall Le Centurie, […]
Eversheds has successfully represented the government of Peru in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in relation to a maritime boundary dispute against Chile. The ICJ ruled in favour of Peru in a case relating to boundary lines and subsequent sovereignty rights that had not been previously delimited. The government of Peru requested that the […]
Eversheds Paris has announced a partnership with Club XXIe Siècle and the European Professional Women Network (EPWN) to sponsor a mentoring programme aimed at helping young women of diverse origins to fulfil their potential. The initiative is dedicated to women between the ages of 25–39 within the immigrant population, who statistically face more difficulties in […]
James Batham, partner and retail expert at Eversheds, has commented on the cut in UK business rates, stating that retailers are unlikely to agree it goes far enough. He said: ‘As has been predicted, communities secretary Eric Pickles has confirmed a £1,000 cut in business rates for about 300,000 small retailers, which was first outlined […]