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David Nuttall
Business & Property
30/07/2025

Bona Vacantia, Escheat and Lulham v Crown Estate Commissioners – What happens when a freehold disappears?

In this edition of Lay of the Land, David Nuttall reviews what happens when a freehold estate becomes ownerless citing the case of Lulham v Crown Estate Commissioners as a practical application. We all know that leases can be determined. When...

Business & Property
28/07/2025

Urgent Administration Order Secured to Protect Cross-Border Assets

Last week Raghav Trivedi was urgently instructed to represent three creditors of a UK holding company, each also a shareholder and two acting as directors, in a High Court application for an administration order. The UK parent company owned 100% of a...

Tom Walkling KC & Matthew Cullen
Crime
24/07/2025

Tom Walkling KC & Matthew Cullen Prosecute in Multi-Handed £14.4m Cocaine Importation Case

Tom Walkling KC and Matthew Cullen successfully prosecuted a family who imported 180kg of cocaine into the UK. Farzana Kauser, from Bradford, worked with an overseas contact to coordinate the importation of high-purity cocaine from Mexico. The...

Business & Property
23/07/2025

Telecoms Code Rights and Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Following a preliminary decision of the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) David Stockill discusses, in the article below,  a recent telecoms case, where he represented the site provider (the respondent landlord) against the telecom operators (the...

Insolvency Conference
Business & Property
22/07/2025

Real Estate Conference, 9 October ’25

We are delighted to announce the topics and speakers for our Annual Real Estate Conference. Join leading real estate counsel for a day of legal updates, panel discussions, and peer-to-peer networking. The agenda is designed to equip real estate...

Simon Phillips & Marcus Harry
Crime
16/07/2025

Simon Phillips and Marcus Harry successfully appeal against trial judge’s ruling

Simon Phillips and Marcus Harry successfully appealed against a trial judge’s ruling that there was no case to answer against 6 defendants in a trial involving protest action on private land. The Court of Appeal provided guidance on the...

Personal Injury
15/07/2025

Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence 2025 Case Update – part 3

In the third of a series of updates, Dan Jacklin, Connor Wright & Pupil Barrister Kyran Kanda have compiled an update on Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence cases which have been in the courts this year. PERSONAL INJURY (1) MH Site...

Mirza Ahmed and Felix Levay
Employment
14/07/2025

Industrial Relations Seminar, 8 October

We are pleased to invite you to our Industrial Relations Seminar. We are pleased to release details of a new Employment Group Seminar, where Dr Mirza Ahmad and Felix Levay will delve into the most significant recent cases that are shaping the...