Insights

2nd May 2017

The Commercial Property team has recently advised Capital Land Property Group on securing land at the New Eastern Villages development scheme in Swindon

2nd May 2017

“It Wasn't Me" was the first single from reggae artist Shaggy's album Hot Shot in 2000. It was also the defence used, successfully, by Peninsula Business Service Limited (PBS) v Baker who avoided liability for an act of victimisation because it was carried out by a third party.

28th April 2017

You may or may not be aware of the proposed increase in probate court fees which were supposed to take effect in May 2017. Due to the General Election, these increases will not come into force until June 2017 at the earliest.

26th April 2017

Anna Wood summarises what you need to know about recent construction case law

26th April 2017

Cheltenham based legal firm, BPE Solicitors, has reason to celebrate following the recent promotions of several members of staff.

18th April 2017

Following on from my previous article, ‘Working for free can be costly’, it occurred to me that contractors and consultants routinely incur significant dents in their overheads when scoping new work and preparing tenders and when they cannot, commercially, recoup all their head office costs via the jobs they do win, then they too are, to a greater or lesser extent ‘working for free’. It is therefore worth reviewing the circumstances in which such costs could be recovered.