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According to a recent study, swearing at work can help employees cope with stress. The study into leadership styles, carried out by academics at the University of East Anglia, warned […]

The decision to sell a business may be triggered by any number of reasons: lack of management succession; ill health; the burden of managing the organisation, or simply the wish […]

Historically, a litigant who refused an offer that was not beaten when the case went to trial could incur adverse costs orders and substantial interest. Part 36 offers were introduced […]

We often find that those involved in a legal dispute are unaware of ‘without prejudice privilege’ or how to use it to their advantage. Associate Paul Gordon has prepared some […]

If you ever get involved in commercial property, you may come across the rather obscure term ‘mesne profits’. Nick Cox explains what it means .. and how to pronounce it. […]

If asked about the concept of distress and what it might mean in English law, many people might associate it with the area of personal injury law – the idea […]

Services charges are a common source of contention between landlords and tenants of multi-occupied buildings. They are usually the subjects of much negotiation when leases are entered into, and tenants […]

The commercial property market has been keenly awaiting judgment in Prudential Assurance Company Ltd and Luctor Limited and others v PR Powerhouse Ltd. The concern was that a CVA (company […]

When landlords have an express or implied right to enter premises to carry out repairs or maintenance, they have a statutory duty (The Defective Premises Act 1972) to take care […]

Following the 2007 Budget, the Rating (Empty Properties) Bill has now been published. The aim is to encourage owners to bring empty, non-domestic property back into occupation by reducing business […]