Arena Television collapsed at the end of 2021 with debts of £280 million. Loans from 55 lenders had been secured against thousands of items of broadcasting equipment that simply did not exist.
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Better the devil you know – The move from LIBOR to SONIA
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Lenders are currently faced with the decision of whether to: (i) explore other proposed “risk-free” rates (“RFRs”); (ii) switch to Bank of England Base Rate; (iii) only offer fixed rates to their corporate borrowers; or (iv) explore other pricing mechanisms.
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The Bristol Property Inclusion Charter is the first city-wide property inclusion charter in the UK, intended to promote and drive diversity and inclusion.
Case briefing: collusion in contracting to leave property by Will
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In the recent case of Thomas Sismey v Marissa Salandron, s.11 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (the 1975 Act) was tested by the courts for the first time.
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Case law update – Courts pivot to mandatory dispute resolution
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Social housing providers
On 29 November 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down judgement in the matter of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416 confirming that the court can stay claims and compel parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution.
Written by
Emily Hope
,
Matthew Wilson
and
Lindsay Felstead
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Changes to Right to Work Checks from 1 October 2022
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Temporary adjustments to right to work checks were introduced on 30 March 2020 in response to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic which made it considerably more difficult to conduct in person checks.
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At Clarke Willmott, we have considerable expertise in resolving disputes or disagreements between private individuals or a between a private individual and an organisation.
Clarke Willmott acts on latest multi-million deal for client Orbit
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Clarke Willmott has acted on a second shared ownership tenanted transaction deal between Residential Secure Income plc (ReSI) and social housing provider Orbit.
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