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Birmingham Skyline
Business & Property
20/08/2024

Real Estate Annual Conference, 8 October ’24

We are delighted to release the full programme and list of speakers for our upcoming Real Estate Litigation Annual Conference on Tuesday 8 October 2024. For the first time this year, we will be hosting a full day conference externally at The...

Michelle Caney & Eloise Marriott
Business & Property
19/08/2024

Arguing Incompatibility: Lessons from the Court of Appeal

Eloise Marriott, led by Michelle Caney, both of St Philips Chambers, acted on behalf of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in the Court of Appeal. Michelle and Eloise were instructed by Nabila Ahmed of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Legal...

Christopher Buckingham
Business & Property
15/08/2024

Some aspects of the law of forfeiture

This brief article, written by Christopher Buckingham, considers the law of forfeiture in the light of the recent High Court decision of The Tropical Zoo Limited v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow [2024] EWHC 1240 (Ch). It is...

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Business & Property
02/08/2024

deBriefed – August 2024

Welcome to our latest newsletter! We hope you are enjoying the much-delayed summer (at the time of writing, at least, it’s very sunny). The Group has had a very busy few months. Here is some of the work we have done. COMMERCIAL Iqbal...

Iqbal Mohammed
Business & Property
01/08/2024

Home Buyer’s Nightmare: The Seller’s Wife Won’t Leave

Iqbal Mohammed explores the unusual facts in the case of Pervaiz v Akhtar, decided by Her Honour Judge Truman in July 2024. Imagine searching for a new home, we’ve all been there, and finally finding one. The right size, within your budget and one...

Business & Property
26/07/2024

“The Role of Resulting Trusts – A One Hour Guide” webinar for MBL

Raghav Trivedi is delivering a pre-recorded webinar titled “The Role of Resulting Trusts – A One Hour Guide” which will be available to view on Wednesday 11th December 2024. This webinar will look closely at the concept of resulting trusts,...

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Business & Property
23/07/2024

Business & Property Juniors Events 2024

We are pleased to confirm details for the next two sessions in our Business and Property Group Juniors series of talks – ‘Urgency, Urgency, Urgency’. These popular and engaging sessions have been built with junior...

Michelle Caney
Business & Property
17/07/2024

Michelle Caney successful as High Court rules in favour of Universities in key protest encampment case

Appearing in both cases for the University of Birmingham, and the University of Nottingham, Michelle Caney secured campus wide summary possession orders arising out of protest encampments. The two important and keenly awaited judgments were handed...