Clarke Willmott secures over £250m for Silva Homes
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Lawyers from our Cardiff office have advised housing association Silva Homes on the security for a £150 million bank refinancing and £100 million private placement.
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The Government has published the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill 2021 to implement the binding arbitration scheme announced on 18 June. The scheme is intended to resolve commercial rent debts which arose as a result of the coronavirus pandemic
On the basis that neither party is actively seeking a way of avoiding its responsibilities, many development contracts will contain enough latitude to allow a development to complete, although this may be later than envisaged.
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Déjà vu? Changes to the French Civil Code and forced heirship
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If you own property in France you will probably be aware that in England and Wales there is a great deal of freedom over the contents of your Will which is not replicated in many European countries, which often operate a form of “forced heirship” .
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Dismissal for leaving work and refusing to return during the pandemic was not an automatically unfair dismissal
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The pandemic has brought a number of employment issues to the fore, including whistleblowing and health and safety dismissals, both of which can give rise to an automatic unfair dismissal claim for which there is no minimum service requirement.
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