Commercial Litigation blogs
Welfare Reform; who benefits?
Uncertainty and anxiety prevails in the social housing sector as the welfare reforms introduced by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 creep ever closer.
The major concerns to landlords who house tenants in receipt of housing benefit will be the direct payment scheme and 'bedroom tax'....
Even more incentive for defendants to settle: New Reforms to Part 36
New legislation has been passed which will place greater sanction on defendants who reject successful Part 36 offers made by claimants. In essence, where a claimant makes a Part 36 offer and the defendant rejects it and subsequently fails to match or beat it at trial, the defendant will...
The law for only fools and horses...
Many of us have been shocked by the on-going horsemeat scandal. Whilst "every little helps” the supermarkets and abattoirs profit margins, the true nature of the contents of our shopping trolleys has been misrepresented to the Great British public.
I was discussing the...
A reasonably reasonable reason to be reasonable
Not unreasonably, most clients who have never been involved in a serious dispute or court proceedings before expect the process to be fuelled with aggression and (metaphorically) a fight to the death. When clients make the decision to "go legal", they tend to think that means that the...
Be the King of Your Domain
For retailers, it used to be important to have an online presence, but now it's essential. HMV, Jessops and Blockbuster are testament to that. The domain name is the e-retailer's shop window; the online equivalent of a unit on the high street; the most crucial element of an online...
Hot under the structured collar
Hot under the structured collar
Since the FSA's announcement on 29 June 2012 that there had been widespread mis-selling of Interest Rate Swap Agreements ("IRSAs”), JMW Solicitors have been approached by a large number of clients for advice and assistance. An IRSA is essentially...
Look who’s squatting now!
As from 1 September 2012, squatting in residential buildings will be a criminal offence under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (the " Act ”). Under section 144 of the Act, a person will have committed a criminal offence where they:- (1)...
