Overview: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill is widely expected to become law within the next month or so. When it does, it will have an immediate and significant effect on the law relating to company insolvency. It does not change the law on personal insolvency. The Bill is 238 pages long. Its provisions are [...]
Highlight on a High Court Decision - CCA applies to Tomlin Orders In an important decision for almost anybody involved in commercial litigation, the High Court on 22 May 2020 handed down the first decision stating categorically that the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA) does apply to agreements recorded in Tomlin Orders. The case in question is Gertner (1) and [...]
We are delighted to welcome Luke Turtle to Teacher Stern as he joins our successful litigation team. Luke brings a wealth of commercial litigation experience and will be a crucial part of the ongoing development of the dispute resolution offering from Teacher Stern. On joining the team, Luke commented, “I am looking forward to working with my clients and providing [...]
Do you have questions regarding insurance and whether you may have cover under an existing policy for a particular set of circumstances relating to Coronavirus? Sarah Emerson, Partner at Teacher Stern, spoke to Tom Inchley, at LexisNexis, about insurance with a focus on insureds, during this uncertain time. Could you give us a brief introduction to the types of insurance [...]
Teacher Stern have assisted Corona Corporate Solutions with its recent acquisition of the Business by Technology Group. BBT have been supplying hardware and document base software solutions nationwide from their offices in Coventry, Manchester and East Anglia for over 20 years, adding to Corona’s current presence and offering in East Anglia. Teacher Stern have advised Corona on its acquisition programme [...]
The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (“UKJT”) is one of six taskforces that make up the LawTech Delivery Panel established by the UK government, the judiciary and the Law Society of England and Wales as a collaborative discussion forum to promote the use of technology in the UK’s legal sector. In May 2019 the UKJT issued a public consultation seeking to identify [...]
Our corporate and commercial associate Juliana Ruseva has been published in PLC Magazine’s January/February 2019 issue. Her article assesses the impact of the Network and Information Systems Regulations that came into force in May 2018 with their aim being to tackle cyber security across all industries. The article focuses particularly on the cost of cyber security breaches, the practical implications [...]
Jon Poole and team acted for the founders of the digital experience agency Manifesto Digital on the sale of Manifesto Digital to Panoply Holdings and their subsequent involvement in the AIM IPO of Panoply Holdings – following an over-subscription, with a market capitalisation at admission of approximately £30 million and having raised gross proceeds of £5 million. Manifesto joins the [...]
Teacher Stern acted for AM Coffee Holdings Limited on its purchase of Goldex Investments (Surrey) Limited, the holder of 14 Costa Coffee franchises. The team was led by Claire Rollo and assisted by Kasam Kiani, Alex Osborne, Lorna Clarke, Sophia Christodoulou, Sarah Glockler and Arta Obertinca. Other advisors involved in the transaction were Thomson Snell & Passmore (for the seller), [...]
We are delighted to have acted for tvONE on its acquisition of Green Hippo, a developer and manufacturer of award-winning media servers and digital display products with offices in the UK and the US. This acquisition further extends their reach across commercial integration, live events and creative video technology. The transaction was led by Corporate partner, Kelly Whitfield, and assisted [...]
