What does a ‘good arguable case’ mean in the context of a freezing injunction? In the recent case of dos Santos -v- Unitel SA, [1] the Court of Appeal clarified this key threshold test for obtaining a freezing injunction. What are freezing injunctions? A freezing injunction[2] is a discretionary remedy which prevents the respondent from disposing of or dealing with [...]
That peaceful pathway that you have used as a shortcut every day on your walk home from work might seem convenient and easy to navigate, but it may just turn into a maze of legalities. In a decision earlier this year in Nicholson and Another v Hale and Another, the Upper Tribunal considered whether a small sign put up by the [...]
Under s.691(1) of the Companies Act 2006, a limited company may not purchase its own shares unless they are fully paid. But does this extend to the premium or does it only apply to the nominal value of the shares to be repurchased? What does fully paid mean? In the absence of any clarification in the Companies Act 2006 as [...]
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are developing a digital immigration system. This means they are replacing physical documents with an online record of your immigration status, known as an eVisa. So with the change from BRPs to eVisas, what do you need to do? Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) are being phased out from 1 January 2025 to be replaced with [...]
Update on the Renters’ Rights Bill: Key Changes and Implications for Landlords and Tenants The Renters’ Rights Bill was published on 11 September 2024, and had its second reading in Parliament on 9 October 2024. This Bill was introduced by the government following the abandonment of previous efforts to reform the residential rental market under the former Renters’ (Reform) Bill [...]
Solicitors frequently use the term “material adverse effect” but what does it mean? In BM Brazil I Fundo De Investimento Em Participacoes Multistrategia v Sibanye BM Brazil (Pty) Ltd [2024] EWHC 2566 this was considered by the High Court in relation to a no material adverse effects condition in the share purchase agreements governing the transaction. The High Court considered whether the [...]
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 came into force on 1 October 2024 (the Act). The Act makes it mandatory for all tips to be passed onto workers without deductions. The underlying principle is that employees will receive tips, gratuities, and service charges in full, and they must be allocated in a fair and transparent way by their employer. [...]
Landlords who want to obtain vacant possession of premises at the end of a tenancy benefitting from the security of tenure protections in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (“the Act”) often use the redevelopment and own occupation grounds in sections 30(1)(f) and (g) of the Act to resist the grant of a new tenancy. On 13 May 2024, however, [...]
Companies House can strike a company off its register via a process called involuntary strike off. In fact, according to R3, the trade association for the UK’s insolvency and restructuring professionals, over 500,000 companies in the UK are struck off the register and dissolved each year, with around 95% being via this process just for failing to file accounts or [...]
The King's Speech: Enhancing Employment and Renters' Rights His Majesty King Charles III has set out the government’s priorities and proposed policies for the next parliamentary session at the State Opening of Parliament last week. Amongst other proposals, the reform of employment law, a pillar of Labour’s election campaign, along with the Renters’ Rights Bill has drawn our attention. Employment [...]
