“I paid a 10% deposit on a new build property 2 years ago but I cannot now afford to purchase the property due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Can I pull out of the contract and will I get my deposit back?”

| 9th July 2020
With a new build property and a purchase off-plan, developers will require a buyer to commit early during the course of construction, to agree a contract up front and provide a deposit on signing the document. This is to prevent buyers from looking…
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Landlords / Managing Agents: Are you meeting health and safety guidance for your Building?

| 6th July 2020
During these times of high uncertainty and fast-changing guidance from the government, you will need to stay on top of current regulations and best practice.
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Graham Mead

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill – Injunction granted to company to restrain the presentation of a winding-up petition

Graham Mead | 3rd July 2020
In the recent case of Re A Company (injunction to restrain presentation of petition) [2020] EWHC 1406 (Ch), an unnamed company, who is a high street retailer, applied for an interim injunction to restrain the presentation of a petition to wind it up…
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Ian Waine

Lockdown - Reflections at the end of week 15

Ian Waine | 3rd July 2020
This is the weekend at which, unless you live in Leicester, England’s lockdown becomes lockdown lite. The headline grabber is and will be the re-opening of pubs and the inevitable waves of cheering and condemnation of behaviour that will keep the 24…
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