Specialist Personal and Serious Injury lawyers at Clarke Willmott have long been members and supporters of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and are getting behind “Injury Prevention Week” from 27th June to 1st July 2022
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Intellectual property (IP) protection is hugely valuable within Formula One. Partner Amy Peacey discusses in more detail the importance of IP rights in the sport.
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Is retrofitting homes the silver bullet for net zero?
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Our construction team looks at whether retrofitting homes could help achieve Government plans for net zero by 2050 and a 78% reduction in harmful emissions by 2035.
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We know that COVID-19 has led to an intensified use of green spaces. Whilst public rights of way were largely able to cope with the increased footfall in the first lockdown, the onset of winter weather has caused many to deteriorate.
Limitation periods – Construction’s ticking time bomb
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A residential tower block in Ipswich was undergoing a major face lift, around the same time, a 16-story property was also having a cladding system fitted to it. It was to be alleged later in court that the cladding system was unsafe and more flammable than that installed at Grenfell Tower.
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Peter McHugh shares his thoughts on why it is advisable to consider mediation as an option to resolve disputes, particularly as we prepare to enter a golden age of green energy infrastructure developments.
Neighbours defeat application to modify restrictive covenant on agricultural land
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It is often said that ‘there is no right to a view’. A well-drafted restrictive covenant may, however, protect the setting and amenity of a property preventing development as illustrated by the decision of the Upper Tribunal in the case of Collins & anor v Howell & anor ([2022] UKUT 72 (LC).
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Next on the agenda – the fight for equal pay within the retail sector
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Next has become the latest retailer to find itself involved in equal pay campaign after shop floor staff submitted hundreds of claims to the Employment Tribunal.
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