Breaking Up Is Hard To Do!

This post was written by Katherine Campbell and Siobhan Hayes.

This January saw yet another case on break notices reminding all of us how careful both landlords and tenants need to be when leases are being brought to an end. In this case the landlord’s managing agents will be wishing that they had said less.

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Bribery Act Update

This post was written by Catrin Phillips and George Brown

Looking back at our original blog and subsequent update on the Bribery Bill, you may be forgiven for wondering when on earth the promised guidance from the Government will be published. The Ministry of Justice consulted on the draft guidance between September and 8 November last year. Because of the delayed publication of that guidance the planned implementation of the Bribery Act was postponed to April 2011. 31 January 2011 was set as the new deadline for the publication of the guidance, but the Government has not met this target either.

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