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Taunton debt recovery team volunteer at local charity
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Open Door Taunton welcomed staff from our Taunton office debt recovery team, who spent time at the day centre sorting clothes donations, gardening and performing maintenance tasks.
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This new legislation introduces significant changes in charity law. In the social housing sector, these changes will impact any organisation which has been established as a registered charity.
Sarah Manley, partner and commercial property specialist, looks at the future of property management in the months and years to come following the impact of several national lockdowns and ongoing uncertainty.
The importance of being precise in unfair prejudice petitions
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Primeking Holding Ltd and others v King and others [2021] (“Primeking”) seeks to remind us why the approach “take everything and the kitchen sink” is not always appropriate.
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can play a valuable role in wealth and succession planning. But along with opportunity, they can also bring complexity. That’s why it’s so important to have the right expertise in your corner. And this is especially true in litigious times, when trusts and trustees are increasingly scrutinised and questioned, both by beneficiaries and third parties.
An Unfair Prejudice Petition, contained within Sections 994 to 996 of the Companies Act 2006, is a legal mechanism available to a minority shareholder (the ‘Petitioner’) to challenge unfair treatment. It provides an opportunity for the Petitioner to seek a fair resolution through a statutory remedy which offers relief for ‘unfairly prejudicial’ conduct.
Written by
Laura Mackain-Bremner
and
Paige Skudder
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