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Government plans its autumn road safety strategy – what can we expect?

Government plans its autumn road safety strategy – what can we expect?
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Crime & regulatory

In April 2025, HM Senior Coroner for Lancashire Dr James Adeley produced a Prevention of Future Deaths Report addressed to the Transport…

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Clarke Willmott urges support for retailers in autumn statement

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Employment
Clarke Willmott is calling on the Chancellor to provide urgent help to the UK’s retailers in her forthcoming autumn statement in order to prevent “a continued surge in redundancies, contract breaches and tribunal claims.”

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Epping Forest case: Planning law, Use Class, injunctions and migrant hotels

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Planning and the environment
The recent legal battle between Epping Forest District Council (“the Council”) and the Home Office over the use of the Bell Hotel in Essex has spotlighted a critical intersection of planning law, asylum policy, and local governance.

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Potential tax changes on the sale of property

Potential tax changes on the sale of property
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Agriculture

With the prospect of an Autumn Budget fast approaching, HMRC are now considering plans to raise money from a tax on the sale of homes…

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Clarke Willmott strengthens Southampton corporate team

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Corporate and commercial law
Two new corporate lawyers have joined the Southampton office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, significantly strengthening the team.

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Mortgagee exclusion clauses – recent caselaw: Westminster City Council v Gems House Residences Chiltern Street Ltd [2025]

Mortgagee exclusion clauses – recent caselaw: Westminster City Council v Gems House Residences Chiltern Street Ltd [2025]
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Commercial property

This recent case will be of interest to anyone dealing with securitisation of housing by Registered Providers of Social Housing (RPs) or…

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Selling your law firm: what managing partners need to know

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Corporate and commercial law

Corporate and commercial partner Kelvin Balmont shares a practical guide to the steps managing partners should expect to follow when selling a law firm.

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Focus on social care: Welsh Government pledges £30 million boost to improve services and reduce hospital delays

Focus on social care: Welsh Government pledges £30 million boost to improve services and reduce hospital delays
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Healthcare

The Welsh Government has announced that it is making an additional £30 million in funding available to local authorities with a view to…

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Project Bank Accounts

Project Bank Accounts
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Commercial litigation and disputes

Not the best of news last week for the UK construction market. More and more companies are apparently in “significant financial distress”…

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Professional sport & employment law: Player & manager settlement agreements

Employment
Insights
Tier 1 ranked sports lawyer Tim Copplestone looks into factors to consider when a player or manager leaves their club, resolving the termination of their current employment contract.

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CQC prosecution: provider ordered to pay over £20,000 after failing to provide safe care to a resident

CQC prosecution: provider ordered to pay over £20,000 after failing to provide safe care to a resident
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Crime & regulatory

CQC has published a report on the prosecution of Wall Hill Care Home Limited today. At Telford Magistrates’ Court, the company was fined…

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