‘The death of a member in a family partnership is an event which creates legal complexities as well as straining personal relationships. This article deals with common issues arising on the death of a member of a family partnership.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 19th October 2022
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘This appeal concerns the proper basis for awarding remedies in cases of proprietary estoppel. Proprietary estoppel arises when a person gives a promise or assurance to another person that they have or will be given an interest in property and that other person reasonably relies on the promise or assurance to their detriment.’
UKSC Blog, 19th October 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Sanctioned Russian oligarchs from Vladimir Putin’s inner circle exploited a UK secrecy loophole left open by the government. Arkady and Boris Rotenberg – judo partners of the Russian president – used a type of company that was not required to identify its real owners.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recent preliminary judgment by the High Court in London provides a stark reminder of the potential exposure for personal liability faced by partners in dental practices and the need for appropriate contractual protections to mitigate those risks.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The role of discrimination on the part of both general counsel and clients in disadvantaging female lawyers was revealed yesterday by a survey on improving diversity at partner level in law firms.’
Legal Futures, 1st July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor who sacrificed possible partnership at a magic circle law firm to have children has been awarded an extra £400,000 in her divorce settlement with an equity partner at the same firm.’
Legal Futures, 3rd March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former salaried partner, permitted by an employment tribunal earlier this year to sue her law firm as an employee, has lost all but one of her claims.’
Legal Futures, 9th October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Shareholder claims principally consist of unfair prejudice petitions (UPPs), instigated by members on their own behalf, and derivative actions (DAs), brought by the members on behalf of the company. Dinglis v Dinglis [2019] and Tonstate Group Ltd and Ors v Edward Wojakovski [2019] have developed the law surrounding a shareholder’s ability to bring UPPs and DAs. They involve family-run companies, providing cautionary tales for family members who choose not to formalise matters sufficiently.’
Law Society Gazette, 23rd September 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A solicitor introduced to an elevated role in her former firm through a historic partnership agreement can make an employment claim as an employee, a tribunal has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th June 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘White male solicitors are almost six times more likely to become a partner than women from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background, research commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 31st October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legislation that provides for new corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent tax evasion will have effect from 30 September this year, it has been confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Bakery group Greggs and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have withdrawn their appeals over a High Court ruling that incorrect advice had been given under the ‘Primary Authority’ scheme.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The latest skirmish in a long-running row between two solicitors whose partnership dissolved in acrimony, has seen the High Court rule that the failure of one to mention to his creditors that he had been struck off was a “material irregularity”.’
Litigation Futures, 12th September 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
‘The traditional law firm partnership structure is still dominant in the profession but the arrival of alternative business structures (ABS) has disrupted the status quo and may eventually become the norm in high-volume legal services, according to research.’
Legal Futures, 17th August 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed an appeal against a decision that a top-100 regional law firm was not guilty of age discrimination against one of its partners, after he was not offered a new partnership when it restructured.’
Legal Futures, 29th July 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Alternative business structures (ABS) make up just 4% of all solicitors’ firms but contributed 11% of the profession’s turnover, research has revealed.’
Legal Futures, 27th April 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Partner payment notices issued by the Revenue and Customs Commissioners under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 32 to the Finance Act 2014 were not unlawful.’
WLR Daily, 31st July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Flanagan v Liontrust Investment Partners LLP and others [2015] EWHC 2171 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 338
‘The doctrine of repudiatory breach was excluded from multi-party agreements falling within the scope of section 5 of Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.’
WLR Daily, 24th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision against one solicitor in favour of her former partner, after expressing surprise that the pair had no more than a verbal agreement made in the pub over a drink.’
Legal Futures, 12th June 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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