Stephen assists House Builders and Registered Providers of Social Housing to build new communities by carrying out the due diligence and the legal work necessary to acquire land for new development.
Taking back control: What boards can learn from Tesla
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Commercial litigation and disputes
John Flint, commercial litigation partner at Clarke Willmott LLP, says that there may be lessons to be learnt for UK boards from Tesla’s recent travails to safeguard companies’ reputations and long-term success.
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John Flint
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Telecoms: Important New Code case relating to residential rooftop
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In CTIL -v- L&Q [2020] the Tribunal was asked to determine the terms (including the consideration) to impose a new telecoms code agreement for a rooftop site of a residential block in London.
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The Data (Use and Access) Bill (now the Data Use and Access Act 2025 (“Act”)) received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025 after a prolonged period of back-and-forth between the House of Lords and House of Commons.
The Financial Ombudsman Service confirms that Intelligent Money Ltd failed to protect its customers
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Financial services litigation
The primary consideration for the FOS was whether Intelligent Money acted with reasonable care, due diligence, and fairness in accepting Mr S’ application to invest with Greyfriars in P6.
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Laura Robinson (née Hazell)
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The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB), published on 11 May 2022, contains a number of interesting proposals for the development industry and some potentially significant changes to the planning system.
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The “beer tie” is a centuries-old concept where large pub companies lease their pubs to tenants. As part of the pub tenancy agreement the tenant is restricted to buying its beer and products from the landlord, generally at inflated prices. In England and Wales, there are six large pub-owning businesses (landlords) and thousands of tied tenants.
The regulator is coming: the new thematic review of retirement income advice
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This article discusses the FCA’s recent announcement of a thematic review assessing the advice consumers are receiving on meeting their income needs in retirement.
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