Contract signed by addition of automated email signature says judge. Published January 2020
January 16, 2020 11:24 amA landowner has been obliged to buy a plot of land after his solicitor was judged to have signed the... View Article
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Water treatment plant dispute lands construction JV partners in court. Published Jan 2020
January 10, 2020 3:49 pmA dispute over a £38m upgrade to the Horsley Water Treatment Works in Northumberland led to a court appearance for... View Article
Money laundering fine for online estate agent prompts warning. Published December 2019
December 20, 2019 3:07 pmAn online estate agency has been fined for breaching Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulations, prompting The National Association of Estate... View Article
Regulator cracks down on DB pension transfer advice. Published December 2019
December 17, 2019 11:06 amAround 1,600 IFA firms have been targeted by the FCA in a crackdown on defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice.... View Article
Couple win insolvent adjudication dispute. Published December 2019
December 17, 2019 10:58 amA couple has won a court battle to prevent an adjudication award being swallowed up by a Company Voluntary Arrangement... View Article
MPs call for a halt to court closures. Published December 2019
December 10, 2019 11:19 amParliament’s Justice Select Committee has raised serious concerns about HM Courts & Tribunals Service’s (HMCTS) court closure programme and underfunding... View Article
Court orders parties to use Alternative Dispute Resolution. Published November 2019
November 29, 2019 10:29 amCompulsory use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) could be a step closer following a Court of Appeal ruling. Executors of... View Article
Database of Japanese knotweed to be created to aid research. Published November 2019
November 25, 2019 11:34 amThe government has tasked the Environment Agency to work with major national Japanese knotweed remediation firms to build a national... View Article
Adjudicator’s jurisdiction challenged over ‘primary activity’ dispute. Published November 2019
November 20, 2019 9:02 amA clash over payment for a waste to power development has resulted in a challenge to the authority of an... View Article
Professional Indemnity insurance rules usually working well for IFAs says government. Published November 2019
November 11, 2019 11:09 amThe government says that the professional indemnity insurance (PII) rules are working well for most firms of Independent Financial Advisers... View Article