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A breach or a fundamental breach?

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Constructive unfair dismissal claims are difficult claims to bring successfully as the burden is on the Claimant to show that there was a fundamental breach that they resigned in response to (promptly).

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Clarke Willmott acts on sale of precision engineering firm

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Our Corporate team advised on the sale of Aldershot, Hampshire-based, F T Gearing Systems which supplies high precision geared components to the aerospace and defence sector.

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Injury Prevention Week: 27 June – 1 July

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Specialist Personal and Serious Injury lawyers at Clarke Willmott have long been members and supporters of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and are getting behind “Injury Prevention Week” from 27th June to 1st July 2022

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Supreme Court decision allows operators to get additional rights on existing sites (early)

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The Supreme Court has now handed down its decision in the cases of CTIL v Compton Beauchamp; CTIL v Ashloch; and On Tower v AP Wireless II (UK) Limited. The decision allows operators to acquire additional rights in respect of their existing sites.

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Clarke Willmott advises on sale of Ascott Analytical Equipment

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Clarke Willmott has advised on the sale of corrosion testing specialist, Tamworth, Staffordshire-based Ascott Analytical Equipment Limited to a major German manufacturer of complementary products.

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Will the number of compulsory liquidations continue to increase?

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Figures released by the Insolvency Service for May 2022 show a 42 per cent increase in the number of compulsory insolvencies in England and Wales compared to the previous month – up from 95 to 135.

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Planning ahead: the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987

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When developing mixed use premises it is important to plan ahead especially where a developer intends to dispose of the freehold of the whole building or grant a long lease of the commercial parts as an investment.

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Neighbours defeat application to modify restrictive covenant on agricultural land

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It is often said that ‘there is no right to a view’. A well-drafted restrictive covenant may, however, protect the setting and amenity of a property preventing development as illustrated by the decision of the Upper Tribunal in the case of Collins & anor v Howell & anor ([2022] UKUT 72 (LC).

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The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 2022

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The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB), published on 11 May 2022, contains a number of interesting proposals for the development industry and some potentially significant changes to the planning system.

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