BoKlok UK, the sustainable, quality affordable home provider, has appointed law firm Moore Barlow as its exclusive conveyancing solicitors for UK plot sales. BoKlok, a 50/50 joint venture company between global home furnishings brand IKEA and Skanska, one of the world’s largest project development and construction groups, uses modern methods of construction to design and […]
Arbitration v. Litigation in Civil And Common Law Jurisdictions The legal background of the tribunal, the parties, and their counsel can influence the scope of disclosure and discovery, which is a major point of divergence between common and civil law. Counsel and arbitrators with a US background may be accustomed to far-reaching discovery, encompassing sweeping […]
ince the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 and with the free trade deal between the UK and the EU coming into force on 1 January 2021, there have been many Brexit myths and misconceptions that we have tried to clear up in this myth buster article. The legal implications of Brexit […]
Should you add or suggest a modification to a contract or lease when it is not to your client’s best interest? No? Never? The answer is Yes and here’s why. Competing Motivations and Goals In the process of negotiating a business transaction, many attorneys are left to ponder why their opposing counsel or his or her client […]
Jackson v Ayles [2021] EWHC 995 (Ch) was an application by a trustee in bankruptcy for possession and sale of the bankrupt’s matrimonial home The interest in the judgment is that she also sought a declaration that security held over the property by a lender, Mr Pumphrey, was unenforceable by reason of breach of provisions […]
urkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (“BDDK”) has recently issued the Regulation on Remote Identification Methods to Be Used by Banks and Establishing Contracts in Electronic Environment (“Regulation”), which will be applicable as of May 1, 2021 which enables all banking operations to be conducted electronically. Accordingly, the Regulation aims to determine the procedures and […]
Many incidents of fraud are discovered inadvertently. For example, a staff member may notice something that doesn’t seem right and mentions it to a manager. Upon investigation, internal theft is found. But considering the potential damage that fraud can inflict on a company, it is obviously better to do more than depend on mere chance. Keep […]
Colombia has one of principal economy in Latin America and is one of the most business-friendly countries in the region. Proof of this is the entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development -OECD-, which puts us at the level of Mexico and Chile: a country with better public policies, with greater confidence and […]
The digital health trend has continued to accelerate throughout the global pandemic. Virtual consultations and the transition to telehealth has transformed the state of healthcare as we know it, and this looks likely to only pick up speed in the coming years ahead. CEO of MedTech Florence Joffroy-Black and Managing Director Dave Sheppard recently contributed […]
In advance of the Spring Budget on 3 March 2021, there was considerable speculation that the Chancellor would make changes to and/or increase rates of inheritance tax (IHT) and capital gains tax (CGT). By the afternoon of 3 March, it was clear that the Chancellor would not be making any significant changes to IHT, CGT […]
Bonuses for night work and working on Sundays are only tax exempt if they are awarded on an individual and not a flat-rate basis. That was the verdict of the Finanzgericht (FG) Düsseldorf – the Fiscal court of Düsseldorf – in a judgment from November 27, 2020. Those who work nights or on Sundays and […]
The garment and textile industry is one of the key industries in Vietnam with the second-largest export turnover in the country. In 2019, the industry’s export value contributed to 16 percent of the total GDP. In the past five years, the textile industry has continuously grown at an average rate of 17 percent annually. In […]
