Introduction Many international contracts are governed by English law with disputes referred to the English courts even where neither party has a connection with the United Kingdom.[i] There are many reasons for this: commercial custom, the system of binding precedent that provides a degree of certainty and a judiciary with the highest reputation for fairness, […]
Read more >We are pleased to bring you the sixth edition of Druces’ property e-bulletin. Aimed at a property professional/adviser readership, our intention is to bring you a regular collection of interesting recent property and planning focused news items. The topics covered will be broad ranging, with each article a bite-sized consideration of some of the sector’s most topical […]
Read more >Last year the Government introduced new rules to make it easier for individuals to protect their residential address and remove historic addresses from public company records. This article provides a brief summary of the new rules. The old rules Under the old Companies Act, all companies were required to record the usual residential address of […]
Read more >Is it discriminatory for a Christian baker to refuse to bake a cake containing a message in support of gay marriage? According to the Supreme Court in Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and Others [2018] UKSC 49, no. The Appellants, Mr and Mrs McArthur, run Ashers Baking Company Ltd, a family owned business. The […]
Read more >Unexplained Wealth Orders (“UWOs”) remain at the forefront of legal agenda following the judgment handed down by Justice Supperstone last week dismissing the application of Zamira Hajiyeva to overturn the UWO applied for by the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). By way of reminder, a UWO can be obtained if the High Court is satisfied that: […]
Read more >We are pleased to bring you the fifth edition of Druces’ property e-bulletin. Aimed at a property professional/adviser readership, our intention is to bring you a regular collection of interesting recent property and planning focused news items. The topics covered will be broad ranging, with each article a bite-sized consideration of some of the sector’s most topical […]
Read more >On 24th September 2018 the UK Government published four technical notices setting out what it believes are the implications on intellectual property rights (IP) in the UK if the UK were to leave the EU on 29 March without an agreement in place about its future relationship. In this article we will look at copyright, […]
Read more >Islamic property finance is becoming increasingly mainstream. City of London Law firm Druces specialises in Sharia complaint property finance. How do you ensure Sharia compliance and what services do you offer? The market and demand for Sharia compliant structures has grown markedly in the last decade. Interestingly, demand for finance from Islamic finance institutions has […]
Read more >HMRC introduced “Requirement to Correct” (“RTC”) legislation to encourage those with undeclared offshore tax liabilities (relating to Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax or Inheritance Tax) to disclose such liabilities before 30th September 2018. The deadline coincides with the date by which more than 100 countries will exchange data under the Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”). It […]
Read more >The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held that, contrary to the opinion of Advocate General Tanchev in December 2017, a gap of five months in an undertaking’s activities does not necessarily preclude a transfer for the purposes of the Acquired Rights Directive (2001/23/EC) (ARD). The Claimant, Mr. Sigüenza, worked as a […]
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