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Local Government weekly highlights—29 July 2021

Local Government weekly highlights—29 July 2021

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Local Government weekly highlights—29 July 2021

Disclosure in coronavirus (COVID-19) procurement challenges (Good Law Project Ltd and Everydoctor Ltd v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

Disclosure in coronavirus (COVID-19) procurement challenges (Good Law Project Ltd and Everydoctor Ltd v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Disclosure in coronavirus (COVID-19) procurement challenges (Good Law Project Ltd and Everydoctor Ltd v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

Approach to the breach of conditions attached to a Planning Permission (Royale Parks v SSCLG)

Approach to the breach of conditions attached to a Planning Permission (Royale Parks v SSCLG)

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Approach to the breach of conditions attached to a Planning Permission (Royale Parks v SSCLG)

Court of Appeal clarifies the legal test of public nuisance to a landowner’s capacity to dedicate higher public rights to existing public rights of way (Garland v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Court of Appeal clarifies the legal test of public nuisance to a landowner’s capacity to dedicate higher public rights to existing public rights of way (Garland v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Court of Appeal clarifies the legal test of public nuisance to a landowner’s capacity to dedicate higher public rights to existing public rights of way (Garland v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

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Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services...

Professional Standards Authority

Professional Standards Authority

Professional Standards AuthorityWhat is the Professional Standards Authority?The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) oversees the work of the UK’s...

Reversionary lease by reference

Reversionary lease by reference

 LR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title Number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title number(s)[title numbers out of which this Lease is granted. Leave blank if not...

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in Scotland

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in Scotland

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in ScotlandHow do EPCs apply to commercial property in Scotland?This Practice Note...

Practice notes

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...
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Produced in partnership with Matthew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Highways, street works and statutory undertakers

Highways, street works and statutory undertakersCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on matters that have temporarily been...
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Produced in partnership with Nicholas Hancox of Nicholas Hancox Solicitors Ltd and Alistair Frew of Lodders LLP 19th May
Practice notes

Off-street parking orders

Off-street parking ordersSTOP PRESS: the Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Act 2017 came into force on 27 June 2017 and has introduced a change to...
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19th May
Practice notes

Malicious falsehood

This Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for...
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Produced in partnership with 5RB 19th May
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Practice notes

How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgments

How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgmentsThis Practice Note concerns provisions of the CPR and related legislation (The Tribunals, Courts...
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19th May
Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May
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Q&As

What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?

What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?Purposive (teleological) constructionThe purposive approach has its roots in legal systems...
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19th May
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What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on service of NOSP or on granting of the eviction order?

What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on...
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Produced in partnership with Alex Campbell of Field Court Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Call-off procedures under framework agreements

Call-off procedures under framework agreementsBrexit impact—public procurementThe UK public procurement regime derives from EU public procurement...
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Produced in partnership with Mr Andrew Millross of Anthony Collins Solicitors 19th May
Practice notes

Demoted tenancies

Demoted tenanciesCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the courts and tribunals...
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19th May
Practice notes

Assignment and succession of tenancy

Assignment and succession of tenancyCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the...
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Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Sexual entertainment licensing

Sexual entertainment licensingWhat is a sex establishmentThe Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1982 (as amended) (LG(MP)A 1982) creates...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Grunert of John Gaunt Solicitors 19th May
Practice notes

The standstill period

The standstill periodWhat is the standstill period?When a contracting authority reaches its decision on the award of a public contract subject to the...
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Produced in partnership with Lee Digings of Lee Digings Associates 19th May
Practice notes

Child protection conferences

Child protection conferencesPlease note the information in this Practice Note relates to the current law in England. The law in Wales in this area is...
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Produced in partnership with Claire Cousin 19th May
Practice notes

Teacher serious misconduct in England

Teacher serious misconduct in EnglandCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA...
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19th May
Practice notes

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the...
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Produced in partnership with Shazia Akhtar of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May

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Practice notes

Artificial intelligence—intellectual property

Artificial intelligence—intellectual propertyThe purpose of this Practice Note is to explain and discuss the interplay between artificial intelligence...
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Produced in partnership with Caitlin Heard and Dr Rachel Free of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP 31st Jul
Practice notes

IP right comparison table

IP right comparison tableThis Practice Note compares patents, supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), trade secrets, copyright, database rights,...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Intangible fixed assets—introduction

Intangible fixed assets—introductionIntangible fixed assets regime (IFA regime)The intangible fixed assets regime (IFA regime) was introduced in 2002...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Exploiting intellectual property rights

Exploiting intellectual property rightsIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Intellectual property and spare parts

Intellectual property and spare partsAs of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State and the UK's departure from the EU has...
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Produced in partnership with Ben Mark of RPC and Georgia Davis of RPC 31st Jul
Q&As

What information or disclaimers should be appended to drawings by a company when releasing drawings to customers?

What information or disclaimers should be appended to drawings by a company when releasing drawings to customers?An intellectual property (IP) notice...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Termination for breach of contract

Termination for breach of contractThe termination of a contract by reason of one party’s breach of contract arises as follows:•one party to the...
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31st Jul
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Are there Brexit model clauses that a business should consider incorporating in its service agreement where the business is selling goods and services to customer in and outside UK?

Are there Brexit model clauses that a business should consider incorporating in its service agreement where the business is selling goods and services...
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31st Jul
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What is the ownership position in relation to legal documents such as a set of agreements drafted for a client for a particular transaction?

What is the ownership position in relation to legal documents such as a set of agreements drafted for a client for a particular transaction?Copyright...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Image rights—protection, exploitation and taxation

Image rights—protection, exploitation and taxationAs of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with...
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Produced in partnership with JJ Shaw of Lewis Silkin LLP, Alex Kelham of Lewis Silkin LLP and Rob Meredith CTA of PKF Francis Clark 31st Jul
Q&As

What are the formalities for assigning a registered trade mark?

What are the formalities for assigning a registered trade mark?Formalities for assignment of a registered trade markPursuant to section 24(3) of the...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

IP—new starter databases guide

IP—new starter databases guideIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Contractual damages—general principles

Contractual damages—general principlesThis Practice Note considers the general principles of recovering damages for contractual breach, starting with...
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Produced in partnership with Zainab Hodgson and Kavidha Clare of CMS 31st Jul
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Q&As

Could you provide details of a recent trade mark infringement case where the court declined to award damages because no loss was suffered?

Could you provide details of a recent trade mark infringement case where the court declined to award damages because no loss was suffered?We have...
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31st Jul
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What considerations should practitioners be taking into account when deciding whether or not the provisions on ipso facto clauses introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 apply to IP licences? Would the considerations be different as between (a) a pure IP licence, and (b) a commercial agreement containing an element of IP licensing (eg a franchise agreement or a sponsorship agreement)?

What considerations should practitioners be taking into account when deciding whether or not the provisions on ipso facto clauses introduced by the...
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Produced in partnership with Caroline Clark 31st Jul
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Practice notes

Brand protection and online marketplaces

Brand protection and online marketplacesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Is the use of ‘and/or’ considered best drafting practice in commercial agreements? How do the courts interpret the use of this phrase?

Is the use of ‘and/or’ considered best drafting practice in commercial agreements? How do the courts interpret the use of this phrase?Where parties...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and their role in protecting brands

Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and their role in protecting brandsIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks...
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Produced in partnership with Sarah Hadland of S.H. & Associates 31st Jul
Practice notes

IP—new starter copyright guide

IP—new starter copyright guideIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered...
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31st Jul
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Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and passing off

Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and passing offIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the...
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Produced in partnership with Sarah Hadland of S.H. & Associates 31st Jul

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Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of sharesThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, eg upon a sale of the shares, through the transmission of the shares by operation of law (eg upon the death or bankruptcy of a shareholder), by gift or upon the enforcement of a charge. For

Liquidated damages in construction contracts

Liquidated damages in construction contracts

Liquidated damages in construction contractsThis Practice Note explains what liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs/LDs) are and their purpose in a building contract. It considers the difference between liquidated damages and general (or unliquidated) damages and looks at the enforceability of

Insurable interest

Insurable interest

Insurable interestThis Practice Note considers insurable interest, including insurable interest in construction and liability insurance. It also considers insurable interest in subrogation, co-insurance and double insurance and the Insurable Interest Bill.What is insurable interest?‘Insurable

Joint, several, and joint and several liability

Joint, several, and joint and several liability

Joint, several, and joint and several liabilityContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by two or more of those parties. Any such promise may be:•joint•several, or•joint and severalWhether an undertaking is joint, several, or joint and