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November 01 2019
Landlord reasonably withhold consent to a planning application on the grounds of increased enfranchisement risk
Overturning previous judgements of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal the Supreme Court has ruled that a landlord could use a qualified tenant covenant controlling the making of planning applications and use this alone to reasonably refuse consent to the making of a planning application the grant of planning permission to which (1)
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Managing Director, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff wins Lifetime Achievement Award at Law Society Awards
October 25 2019Our Managing Director, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Law Society at last night’s Excellence Awar
THE SUPREME COURT RULES
October 02 2019R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister, Cherry and others v Advocate General for Scotland Boris Johnson took quite a gamble when he dec
Police who shot unarmed man followed procedure, watchdog finds
April 03 2019Terence Channer of Scott-Moncrieff & Associates, is lawyer to Sharif Cousins, an unarmed man shot by police in Birmingham in 2017. Read more about
Protection for pregnant women - Equality Act 2010
March 20 2019The protected period The protected period begins when a woman becomes pregnant and ends: If she has the right to Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML) and Ad
Obligations of service providers not to discriminate
March 13 2019Service providers are prohibited, under the EqA 2010, from discriminating as follows: Direct discrimination;Indirect discrimination;Discriminat
Freedom to Choose your own Lawyer Legal expenses insurance
February 27 2019The insurance company funds the insured person’s legal costs and any damages awarded against the insured. As such, it is in the insurance company’s
