New research carried out among more than 2,000 UK adults by SPCE has revealed the challenges faced by university students when attempting to claim back their deposit, finding: 30% of students claim their landlord or lettings agent has unfairly taken money from their tenancy deposit This is nearly double the national average (16%) of Generation Rent who […]
With Brexit is fast approaching, what with this mean for the claims industry? The leaving date is quickly approaching, thanks to Prime Minister Theresa May invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29th 2017 — leading to a new plan that the UK will officially step away from the economic and political partnership […]
An increasing number of leaseholders are reporting they are being forced to pay extortionate RPI linked ground rents. Below Peter Wright at Hunters Solicitors tells Lawyer Monthly about a recent trend in new leases, whereby developers propose ground rent escalation at RPI clauses, resulting in a ground rent increase rate that can render some properties unsalable and stress that […]
Given his past construction law experience in private practice, Arjun Agarwal tasked with managing the majority of Chevron’s construction disputes and international arbitrations on Chevron’s major capital projects outside of North America. With Chevron Corporation being a multinational energy corporation, we find out all about Arjun’s roles as Senior Counsel and how he thinks construction […]
The pace of change in the digital world, characterised by innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, has not always matched the often slow and cumbersome process of the legal world, steeped as it is in centuries of tradition. But change has been ongoing. An overview of technology In the white collar crime and regulatory arena […]
“The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton If any one point in history should leave us ashamed, the Nazi led Holocaust during Second World War is it. The war itself was enough of a stain on our history with an estimated 60 million people dying […]
What is the difference between a positive incentive and bribe? Dennis Miralis of Nyman Gibson Miralis Criminal Defence Lawyers tells us. “New and emerging technologies have been disrupting the way criminal activity is being conducted worldwide which in turn is impacting on developments in the investigation and prosecution of crime and therefore the way in […]
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process which leads to technological progress, and for inventors, it is vital to protect their creation from being copied and misused. And as IP Lawyer Franco Oriti explains: ‘Henry Ford, has condensed this concept in his most famous slogan stating that "there is real […]
Petter Rindforth, Senior Partner of Fenix Legal speaks on protecting your domain names on the internet and the broadcasting copyright treaty draft that the WIPO released earlier last month. World Intellectual Property Organisation has circulated a new draft text on definitions in the global broadcasting copyright treaty; can you share your thoughts on this? […]
Ajibola Oluyede is the visioner and co-founder of TRLPLAW Solicitors and Arbitrators and was Managing Partner of TRLP Solicitors London until 2006. As current Chair of the Board of Partners of TRLPLAW Worldwide, he is a Chief Market Developer and Commercial Litigator. He speaks on how Nigeria and UK relations are holding up and how […]
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