The government has extended its ban on landlords evicting businesses until the end of the year. The move is in response to the continuing COVID-19 crisis. Ministers say that where companies can pay their rent, they should do so, as this support is aimed at those businesses struggling the most during the pandemic. It’s hoped
The High Court has settled a dispute between two partners who had worked together for many years in a restaurant business. Tariq Mahmood Malik and Mahboob Hussain Junior had opened a restaurant known as the “”Nawaab”” in 2003. They were equal joint owners of the property in which it was situated and equal joint shareholders
The government is extending the temporary measures it introduced to protect businesses from insolvency during the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures are contained in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act and were due to expire on 30 September 2020. They will now continue until the end of the year and in some cases, into next year.
The High Court has settled a trademark dispute over the sale of whisky and bourbon using the word ‘eagle’. Sazerac Brands LLC produced and sold ‘Eagle Rare,’ a well-established, high quality Kentucky straight bourbon whisky. Their EAGLE RARE marks were registered for alcoholic beverages, spirits, whisky and bourbon. Liverpool Gin Distillery Ltd and Halewood International
Landlords can now bring possession proceedings again, but the government has also announced new measures to give tenants extra protection over the winter, especially at Christmas. The government has changed the law to increase notice periods to 6 months meaning renters now served notice can stay in their homes over winter, with time to find alternative support or
HM Revenue & Customs has rejected more than 30,000 applications from employers wishing to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, according to research carried out by The Times. The newspaper says HMRC believes many of the applications may have been attempts to defraud the system, in which the government pays a percentage of the wages
The High Court has settled a dispute between a couple who were separating and needed to value the shares in their company. The case involved Solent Garage Services Ltd and its two directors, Claire Lewis and Philip Clarke. The couple had established the garage while living together and bringing up their three children. They were
A company has been granted a worldwide freezing order on the assets of a debtor who had put forward a “concocted case at trial”. The case involved GML International Ltd & Others v Harfield (2020). GML and the other claimants had brought proceedings to recover significant sums of money paid to Harfield, who resisted by
A landlord has been ordered to repay a large proportion of rent to the tenants of his house in multiple occupation (HMO) because he did not have the appropriate licence as required by the Housing and Planning Act 2016. The tenants had paid approximately £28,600 rent and sought a rent repayment order. The First-tier Tribunal
GKN Aerospace has won an appeal over a break clause for a flat it had leased. The issue arose after GKN leased the flat from Duncan Investments Ltd in 2015. The lease contained an option to renew, and a break option entitling GKN to terminate on giving at least two months’ notice. During the second