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Read moreCargo claims and the appointment of liability
Read moreWhen the ‘Yangtze Xing Hua’ vessel was chartered on an amended New York Produce Exchange form to carry soya bean meal from South America to Iran, she arrived off the discharge port in December 2012. After not being paid by the receivers, the charterers ordered the vessel to wait off …
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Read moreShipping partner visits Modal’s state-of-the-art training facility
Read moreAndrew Oliver, a partner in the firm’s Shipping and Transport department, recently visited the world class facilities of Modal Training based at Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, to look at the resources and assess how they could help the firm in assisting clients with the reconstruction of shipping casualties and …
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Read moreIR35 update: recent rulings highlight complex rules governing contractors
Read moreEarlier this year, the decision in Christa Ackroyd Media Ltd vs HMRC was published. It was notable not only for being the first in a long line of cases which HMRC is reportedly bringing against former BBC presenters, but also because it was the first IR35 case that HMRC had …
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Read moreCourt of Appeal allows withdrawal of admission of liability where quantum of claim greatly increased
Read moreIn the recently reported case of Wood v Days Healthcare UK Limited and others 2017, Days applied to withdraw an admission made some two years earlier, before court proceedings were issued. Defendants in personal injury claims have long been encouraged to make admissions at an early stage to reduce the …
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Read moreIs your business prepared for a hard Brexit scenario?
Read moreWhether your business is importing or exporting goods, it’s important that you are ready for a so-called ‘hard Brexit’ scenario, in which the United Kingdom would leave the European Union without a trade deal in place. Currently, the UK has access to the EU's internal market which …
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Why gazumping may be outlawed
Read moreIf it's ever happened to you, then you'll no doubt welcome news that the Government is planning a shake up of the housing market which would mean that gazumping - when the house seller, having accepted your offer, then accepts a higher offer from someone else – could become illegal. …
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Why do I need a Health and Welfare Power of Attorney?
Read moreEnsuring that you have someone with the ability to make decisions for you if you lose mental capacity is incredibly important for you and your loved ones. There are two types of lasting power of attorney (LPA), which is a legal document that lets you appoint one or more people …
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What happens to your online life after you die?
Read moreOur treasured memories used to be stored in photo albums and paper records but nowadays, it’s likely that you will have correspondence, photographs and important financial information stored online, all of which make up your digital assets. You may not wish to think about it, but it’s really …
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Family arbitration - resolving dispute without the court process
Read moreArbitration is an increasingly popular means of sorting out the financial aspects of divorce swiftly, without undue acrimony and at relatively low cost. It is an alternative to the court process and involves the parties appointing their own, private adjudicator, who can adopt a much more flexible approach to the …