Extension of time applications or dealing with excessive costs – guidance on what courts will accept

A recent High Court judgment set some markers down for how judges in commercial litigation will approach repeated extension of time applications and how costs incurred will be  assessed; the judgment makes clear that excesses in either area will be questioned at least. His Honour Judge Pelling QC provided some useful guidance in the case […]

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Holiday pay for “self-employed” contractors?

When is “self-employed” not really “self-employed” – and why does it matter? The recent Court of Appeal decision Gary Smith -v- Pimlico Plumbers Limited will have a huge impact on businesses who wrongly classify workers as self-employed contractors. Mr Smith’s legal battle against Pimlico Plumbers (Pimlico) began in 2011 and the first hurdle was for […]

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The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill becomes law

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill received royal assent on 8 February 2022 and became law. The Act, which the government describes as “one of the most significant improvements to property law in a generation” will abolish ground rents for qualifying residential long leases once the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has […]

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