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26 February 2024

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Making the most of a better climate – biotech M&A in 2024

M&A transactions entered a period of unprecedented activity in 2021. As the era of uncertainty caused by the pandemic started to ease, deal volume and values exceeded expectations across the globe.

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23 February 2024

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Undue influence

A will should always reflect the true wishes and intentions of the person making it (the ‘testator’)...

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22 February 2024

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No negligence finding, but university remains liable in tragic case

On 14 February the High Court dismissed the appeals and cross-appeal from the County Court judgment concerning Natasha Abrahart.

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20 February 2024

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What is the Biodiversity Net Gain regime?

The new Biodiversity Net Gain regime is a requirement on all developments to provide enhancements in biodiversity.

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16 February 2024

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Companies House changes expected from 4 March 2024

Companies House has announced that the first set of company law reforms set out in the landmark Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) will go live at the beginning of March 2024. Both existing UK companies and new incorporations will be affected by these changes. You may need to take action in order to ensure that your company will be compliant with the new requirements and won’t be committing an offence.

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16 February 2024

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Storing wills: Digitisation in modern times

The Ministry of Justice is consulting on proposals to digitise its archive of historic wills and destroy millions of wills in the process.

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2 min read

12 February 2024

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London Olympic Village the backdrop for significant decision under the Building Safety Act

The recent case of Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development Partnership (1), Get Living PLC (2) and East Village Management Limited (3) is a significant decision, where the First Tier Tribunal (“FTT”) had to consider the application of Section 124 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (“the BSA”) and when it would be considered just and equitable to make a Remediation Contribution Order (“RCO”).

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12 February 2024

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Partnering, licensing and collaborations - issues and trends

Our latest life sciences legal forum focused on partnering, licensing and research collaboration transactions. James Fry and Rebecca Auster addressed current issues and contracting themes from the perspective of reaching the deal, and managing common points of conflict between partners.

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4 min read

9 February 2024

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The rise of charitable legacies on death

Gifts to charities, whether in lifetime or on death, are free of inheritance tax. Recent data shows gifts to charities in wills helped charities income raise by 6.5% to £4bn in the last tax year. Find out the benefits of changing your will to get advantages from inheritance tax.

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3 min read

8 February 2024

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Adler – Snowden clips the restructuring plan’s wings

The Court of Appeal overturned the first instance court’s judgment sanctioning the restructuring plan in Adler. The Court of Appeal holding that the plan was unfair in failing to equalise the position between Noteholders with different maturity dates.

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8 February 2024

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Respondent company wound-up where there was insufficient evidence of a set-off/cross-claim

The court wound-up a respondent company where it failed to provide sufficient evidence of its set-off or cross-claim to reduce the petition debt to less than £750.

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7 February 2024

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Restructuring plans and procedural fairness

The court ordered that a sanction be listed for a longer hearing, on the application of a creditor, even though the impact of that meant it would then delay the hearing by three months.

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2 min read

7 February 2024

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Court considers fair dealing rule

The court has considered the fair dealing rule in an appeal against strike-out.

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7 February 2024

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Summary judgment will not be given where there are matters to be determined at trial

The Official Receiver sought summary judgment in respect of monies paid to/retained by the director of an insolvent company. However, in circumstances where there were matters requiring determination at trial, the application for summary judgment was denied.

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7 February 2024

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Court backs administrators on sale decision

The court granted administrators an order entitling them to sell assets covered by security, which the secured creditor was refusing to release, due to the fact that the administrators had not accepted the highest bid because of AML concerns.

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2 February 2024

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CMA report on competition in UK labour market

Competition law enforcement has traditionally focused on product markets. However, regulatory interest in labour markets is growing worldwide, including in the UK.

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31 January 2024

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Coming soon: The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) is among the measures being introduced under the National Security Act 2023

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31 January 2024

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Lifetime gifts to children and the “presumption against double portions"

If a parent makes a substantial gift to one child and not to another can this cause a problem after the parent’s death? The simple answer is - yes it can.

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2 min read

25 January 2024

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Section 1782 discovery applications: obtaining US-based evidence for litigation outside the US

This article sets out how a party to non-US litigation can request discovery under a Section 1782 order; what is required to successfully obtain a Section 1782 order; and what you should do if you receive a Section 1782 order.

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24 January 2024

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How a €600,000 claim following an unsolved armed heist in Italy was successfully defended in the High Court in Slovenia

Mills & Reeve has successfully defended an insurance claim against Lloyd’s relating to an armed robbery in Italy that detectives were unable to solve.

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