Strong start to 2021 for award-winning business advisors South Coast business and tax advisory firm, Inspire, has welcomed two new members of the team so far this year, further strengthening its advisory and client services teams. The new appointments to the team are Jon Huggins who joins as Advisory Manager, and Jacob Cardus who […]
Re Wasu; Edwards v Aurora Leasing Ltd & Howard de Walden Estates Ltd [2021] EWHC 96 (Ch) deals with the hitherto unconsidered question of the meaning of the word “value” in section 284(4)(a) Insolvency Act 1986. The bankrupt had been a dentist. Wasu Dental Partnership (in which the bankrupt had not been a partner) […]
Oksana Howard, a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial Department, has presented the webinar on the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which was hosted by the Greater London Authority’s London Business Hub on 21 January 2021. As part of her presentation Oksana has provided a general overview of the key areas of the new […]
On 7 January 2021, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) released a statement claiming that “Government reforms [will] make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their homes.” This follows reports from the Law Commission on the options to reduce the price payable, published in January 2020, and its report on enfranchisement, commonhold and […]
Starting the new year off with a bang, Keystone Law has appointed 10 new lawyers from some of the UK’s top law firms, including two heavyweight employment lawyers from Mayer Brown and Slater and Gordon. James Knight, CEO and Founder of Keystone Law, said: “2020 was a difficult year for the legal market, but Keystone […]
Keystone Law’s virtual pub, The Keystone Arms, had a festive transformation last night for a Christmas celebration whilst continuing to support its chosen charity, Action for Children. Keystone’s 400+ lawyers came together remotely at a Winter Wonderland experience that was designed by the firm and applied to the virtual networking platform Remo. Lawyers and staff […]
Recent statistics in an article from Legal & General reveal some interesting trends relating to the impact of pension decisions taken on divorce, despite it being the case that pension pots can sometimes exceed the equity in the home. As a family law practitioner, the article contains a number of figures from the Office of National Statistics […]
The CMA has, today, announced that it is opening an investigation into Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” proposals. The announcement follows a complaint about Google’s conduct submitted to the CMA on 23 November 2020 by Marketers for an Open Web (“MOW”). Preiskel & Co’s competition and antitrust team, led by Tim Cowen, advised MOW in relation to the complaint. […]
Hot on the heels of the new Brexit trade deal and with a new US President about to be sworn in, not to mention the concern around the pandemic, the beginning of 2021 could be a little unnerving for the global economy. To help get a handle on what the economy will look like in […]
On 9 December 2020, two antitrust suits were filed in the US by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and 48 state attorneys general against Facebook. It is understood that the attorneys general case is being led by the New York attorney general. The cases allege that Facebook conducted a series of anticompetitive acquisitions, and engaged […]
The European Commission has today published its proposal for a Digital Services Act, aimed at regulating gatekeeper tech platforms. If implemented, the law will impose a range of obligations on “gatekeepers”. For example, the proposal includes the imposition of rules requiring online platforms to ensure that hate speech and other illegal content does not appear […]