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Article 12/16/2020
Commercial Brief market insights - December 2020
A summary of recent developments, including a brief overview of supply chain management issues in light of the government consultation into transparency in supply chains response, the rise in personal guarantees being called upon in the current economic climate, the impact of the current introduction of joint liability notices by the HMRC on directors and shareholders and the recent judicial review decision impacting the changes to the Use Classes Order and permitted development rights.
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Article 12/02/2020
The planning reforms are here to stay – legal challenge dismissed
On the 17 November 2020 Lord Justice Lewis and Mr Justice Holgate handed down their judgment to the claim brought by the Rights Community Action Group that questioned the legality of the new planning reforms introduced in September 2020.
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News 11/24/2020
One of the UK’s newest banks appoints Kennedys to its legal panel
Kennedys has been appointed to the panel of Recognise Bank, a new SME-focused UK bank operating in London, the Midlands, Manchester and Leeds.
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Article 11/18/2020
Lease re-gearing: communication, continuation and not determination of a lease
As a tenant, if you were to review your lease obligations during a time when the country and the world was functioning as normal you may have limited concerns over complying with those obligations.
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News 10/09/2020
Kennedys again achieves multiple ‘top tier’ rankings in The Legal 500 2021 rankings
We are pleased to announce that the publication of the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 UK has seen us ranked as a ‘top-tier firm’ in nine practice areas.
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News 10/08/2020
Kennedys targets growth with hire of new UK Head of Real Estate and Construction
Kennedys has hired Amanda Hanmore as its new UK Head of Real Estate and Construction, as it targets further growth in this sector. Amanda is joining Kennedys from Trowers & Hamlins, where she headed the Birmingham real estate department.
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Article 10/08/2020
Judicial review of the changes to the Use Classes Order and permitted development rights set for 14-15 October 2020
The recent changes to the Use Classes Order 1987 and Permitted Development rights regime covered in our previous article, although now in force, have been met with a legal challenge by the Rights: Community: Action group (RCA).
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Article 09/17/2020
Six months on and new rule of six – where are we now with commercial property?
Our previous articles detailed the government measures brought in to assist tenants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the publishing of a code of practice for commercial property relationships (The Code).
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Article 08/21/2020
Planning ahead (Part 2) – brief overview of the changes to Use Classes
The world is changing and so are our surroundings. The government has announced significant reforms to the planning regime and, in particular, to the Town and Country Planning Order 1987 (as amended) and the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 which was referred to in Part 1 of our article.
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Article 08/07/2020
Planning ahead (Part 1) – An overview of the changes to permitted development rights
The Government is wuthering to new heights and is encouraging the country to build, build, build under changes to permitted development.